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
- 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
See details - 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
- Anglo-Sikh War; First
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- 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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