Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Wealden
- Town
- Alfriston
- County
- East Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 68740
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Current location
St Andrew's Church
The Tye
Alfriston
Wealden
East Sussex
BN26 5TL
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 52143 02999
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular white marble tablet with a triangular top, set on a slate backboard, and the lettering in black.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF/ LIEUT HARRY EDMOND SMYTH/ OF THE 68th REGt/ WHO DIED IN THE CRIMEA FROM FEVER/ MARCH 14th 1855 IN HIS 20th YEAR./ HE WAS THE SON OF THE LATE LIEUT. COL. HARRY SMYTH/ OF THE SAME REGt./ AND THE GRANDSON OF THE/ HONble & REVd EDMOND KNOX./ LATE LORD BISHOP OF LIMERICK.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Smyth, Harry Edmond
See details - Commemorations
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, place of death, manner of death, date of death, age of death, relationships.
Order of information: Undefined
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White, Slate.
- Tablet
- Listing information
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST ANDREW
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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