Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Windsor And Maidenhead
Town
Windsor
County
Berkshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
76477

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Current location

On south wall of church
St John the Baptist Church
High Street
Windsor
Windsor And Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL4 1LY
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 96863 76786
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
White stone tablet on black marble backboard. Columns and scrolls at top . Dedication incised and coloured black
Inscription
/SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/JOHN CHARLES BUCKERIDGE,/ENSIGN IN THE COLDSTREAM REGT. OF FOOT GUARDS./HE SERVED IN SPAIN/UNDER THE COMMAND OF MARQUIS WELLINGTON./WAS AT THE BATTLE OF SALAMANCA/AND GALLANTLY FELL AT HIS POST/AT THE SIEGE OF THE CASTLE OF BURGOS,/OCTBR. THE 9TH 1812, IN THE 18TH YEAR OF HIS AGE./ "THE LORD GIVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY, / BLESSED BE THE NAME OF THE LORD."
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Buckeridge, John Charles
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Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forenames, surname, regiment, place of death, date of death, age of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church

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