Colonel CR Cureton CB

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Serviceman / Servicewoman
District: Shrewsbury And Atcham
Town: Shrewsbury
County: Shropshire
Country: England
Commemoration: Colonial India
Maker: Sir RICHARD WESTMACOTT RA (Sculptor)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 57460

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Current location

In the porch
St Marys Church
St Marys Street
Shrewsbury
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Shropshire
SY1
England

OS Grid Ref: SJ 493 125
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Recumbent effigy of Colonel Cureton in uniform. His head rests on the barrel of a cannon and a sword is in his hand.

Inscription

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ COLONEL C. R. CURETON C.B. AND ADC TO THE QUEEN/ ADJUTANT GENERAL OF H.M. FORCES IN INDIA/ AND LATE LIEUT COLONEL COMMANDING THE 16TH LANCERS/ WHO FELL IN AN ENGAGEMENT WITH THE SIKH TROOPS AT RAMNUGGUR/ ON THE 22ND NOVEMBER 1848/ WHEN COMMANDING THE CAVALRY OF THE BRITISH ARMY UNDER GENERAL LORD GOUGH G.C.B/ THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HIS COMRADE AND BROTHER OFFICERS IN INDIA/ BY WHOM HE WAS HELD AS SOLDIER IN UNIVERSAL ADMIRATION AND RESPECT/ AND IN LOVE AND ESTEEM AS A FRIEND.

Inscription legible?

yes

Commemorations

Colonial India
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,manner of death,occupation
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Figure
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Unknown

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Reference

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography tinyurl.com/n8qdod

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