Surgeon Major P Shepherd

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Gordon
Town: Leochel Cushnie
County: Grampian
Country: Scotland
Commemoration: Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 64618

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Current location

Parish Church
Unamed road
Leochel Cushnie
Gordon
Grampian
AB33 8LJ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NJ 52999 10780
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description

Polished white marble tablet with Celtic style decoration.

Inscription

IN MEMORY OF/ PETER SHEPHERD MB / UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN / SURGEON-MAJOR HER MAJESTY'S ARMY / BORN AT CRAIGMILL IN THIS PARISH / ON 25TH AUGUST 1841 / WHO SACRIFICED HIS OWN LIFE / AT THE BATTLE OF ISANDHLWANE, ZULULAND/ ON 22ND JANUARY 1897/ IN THE ENDEAVOUR TO / SAVE THE LIFE OF A WOUNDED COMRADE / ERECTED BY / FRIENDS AND BROTHER OFFICERS / ISANDHLWANE

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Shepherd, Peter
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Commemorations

Anglo-Zulu War (1879)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, place of death, forename, date of birth, additional
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White

Condition

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Trust fund/Scholarship

Yes
Purpose: Shepherd Gold Medal to be competed for annually as a surgical prize in the University of Aberdeen.

Sponsorship

Other

Reference

British Medical Journal 10 July 1880 page70 Arranged by committee which also placed a plaque at the Royal Victoria Military Hospital (our reference 49766).

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