Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Kyle And Carrick
Town
Ayr
County
Strathclyde
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Indian Mutiny (1857-1858), Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
80529

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Current location

Auld Kirk
Blackfriars Walk
Ayr
Kyle And Carrick
Strathclyde
KA7 1TT
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NS 33899 21917
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
Elaborate Marble Tablet
Inscription
…./AND OF HIS THREE SONS/BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES GEORGE SMITH NEILL/FIRST MADRAS FUSILIERS/FELL AT LUCKNOW 25TH SEPT 1857, AGED 47/ COLONEL JOHN MARTIN BLADEN NEILL/HER MAJESTY'S 46TH REGT/DEPUTY ADJUTANT GENERAL OF AUSTRALIA/KILLED BY A FALL FROM HIS HORSE AT MELBOURNE19TH JULY 1849 AGED 45/CAPTAIN WILLIAM FRANCIS SMITH NEILL/ROYAL ARTILLERY/DIED AT COLOMBO CEYLON 26TH SEPT 1852 AGED 25
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Neill, James George Smith
Neill, John Martin Bladen
Neill, William Francis Smith
See details for all 3 names
Commemorations
  • Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, relationships, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age, additional
    Order of information: date of death
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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