Lieutenant A C Eatwell

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Board / Plaque / Tablet
District: Guildford
Town: Ripley
County: Surrey
Country: England
Commemoration: Anglo-Sikh War; First
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 74129

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Current location

In the church
immediately to the right upon entry
St Mary Magdalen Church
High Street
Ripley
Guildford
Surrey
GU23 6AE
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 05126 56633
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Florinated Ogee Arch tablet with pinicle

Inscription

/SACRED/TO THE MEMORY/OF/AUGUSTUS COVERDALE/EATWELL./LATE A LIEUTENANT/IN THE/TWENTY SIXTH REGIMENT,/OF BENGAL LIGHT INFANTRY,/WHO WAS KILLED BY GRAPE SHOT,/WHILST/GALLANTLY LEADING ON HIS MEN/AGAINST THE SIKH BATTERIES IN/THEIR FORTIFIED ENTRENCHMENTS/OF FEROZSHA,/ON THE 21ST DECEMBER 1845, AGED 23 YEARS./THIS TABLET IS ERECTED/BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS,/AS A TOKEN OF/THEIR ESTEEM AND AFFECTION./

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Eatwell, Augustus Coverdale
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Commemorations

Anglo-Sikh War; First
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age of death
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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