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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Jersey
Town
St Helier
County
Channel Islands
Country
Channel Islands
Commemoration
British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
64060

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Current location

St Helier Parish Church (Town Church)
Church Street
St Helier
Jersey
Channel Islands
JE2 3NN
Channel Islands

OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Marble memorial tablet mounted on wall with decorated top and bottom.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF / BRIGADIER THOMAS JOHN ANQUETIL, / LIEUT. COLONEL IN THE BENGAL ARMY. / A NATIVE OF THIS ISLAND; / WHO WAS KILLED / ON THE 12TH OF JANUARY 1842, / IN COMMAND OF / THE BRITISH AND BENGAL TROOPS, WHILST / FIGHTING HAND TO HAND WITH THE ENEMY, / NEAR JUGDULLUK, IN THE CABOOL PASSES; / AGED 57 YEARS. / FROM THE TESTIMONY / OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA; / "HE WAS ONE OF THE VERY BEST AND THE MOST / DESERVING OFFICERS IN THE INDIAN ARMY, / IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL, / IN THE ORGANIZATION OF THE OUDE FORCE / AND ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE, HE WAS, AS / HE HAD EVER BEEN THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER, / DISTINGUISHED BY CONDUCT THE MOST HONOURABLE AND THE MOST ABLE."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anquetil, Thomas John
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Commemorations
  • British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Memorial
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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