Memorial details

Memorial type
Addition to gravestone
District
Tonbridge And Malling
Town
Tonbridge
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
72802

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Current location

Plot 3. Row A. No 1
Tonbridge Cemetery
Shipbourne Road
Tonbridge
Tonbridge And Malling
Kent
TN10 3ED
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 59090 47660
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A gothic topped stone gravestone with shaped sides. There is an incised carving of an up-side down bunch of flowers at the top. The grave is kerbed.
Inscription
Sacred to the memory/ of/ LOUISA HARIOT MARSH,/ W. OF COL. H. MARSH,/ 3RD BENGAL LIGHT CAVALRY./ D. OF GENL SIR. R. CUNLIFFE, BART. C.G./ OF ACTON PARK, N. WALES./ DIED AGED 89. 10TH FEB. 1895./ “GREAT ARE THY TENDER MERCIES, O LORD”./ ALSO OF HER SON/ ENSIGN HARRY L. MARSH, 16TH B.N.I./ KILLED IN ACTION, NEAR AGRA, 1857./ AGED 22./ ALSO OF/ SOPHIA FREDERICA AUGUSTA/ DEARLY BELOVED WIFE OF/ MAJOR-GENERAL F.H.B. MARSH/ INDIAN ARMY/ WHO DIED JULY 7TH 1918, AGED 62./ BELOVED BY ALL/ PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE/ DEATH OF HIS SAINTS. PSALM 116. 13.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Relationship, rank, forename, surname, service, cause of death, place of death, year of death, age at death.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Gravestone
    Measurements: depth 75mm, height 1665mm, width 815mm
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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