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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Shrewsbury And Atcham
Town
Shrewsbury
County
Shropshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
57462

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Current location

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

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

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Description
Tablet with bearskin, sword and belt depicted at the top and regimental badge at the bottom.
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of/ RICHARD PLAYNE ABNEY SMITH/ LIEUTENANT 2ND BATTALION ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS/ AND FORMERLY 2ND LIEUTENANT IN THE SHROPSHIRE MILITIA/ WHO WAS ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED IN LOUGHERNE, IRELAND/ ON THE 12TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1882/ IN THE 23RD YEAR OF HIS AGE./ AS A TOKEN OF AFFECTIONATE ESTEEM AND REGARD/ FOR HIS BEREAVED FATHER MAJOR R PLAYNE SMITH, LATE 10TH HUSSAIRS/ WHO FOR A PERIOD OF 17 [SIC] YEARS SERVED WITH ZEAL AND EFFICIENCY/ AS ADJUTANT OF THEIR REGIMENT/ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS LATE COMRADES/ THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN/ OF THE SHROPSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,manner of death,age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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