Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Perth And Kinross
Town
Glenalmond
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
VC or GC Recipients, Boer War; Second (1899-1902), First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
81832

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Current location

Glenalmond College Chapel
Back Avenue
Glenalmond
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
PH1 3RY
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NN 97653 28427
Denomination: Scottish Episcopal

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Description
Marble Tablet
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEM-/ORY OF LIEUT. COLONEL WILLIAM/HENRY DICK CUNYNGHAM V.C./COMMANDING 2ND BATT. GORDON/HIGHLANDERS WHO WAS WOUNDED/ON 6 JANUARY 1900 WHILE/LEADING HIS REGIMENT TO REPEL/THE BOER ATTACK ON LADYSMITH/ON THAT DAY AND DIED OF HIS/WOUNDS ON 7 JANUARY 1900/HE GAINED THE VICTORIA CROSS/FOR THE CONSPICOUS GALLANTRY/AND COOLNESS DISPLAYED BY/HIM ON 13 DECEMBER 1879 AT/THE ATTACK ON THE SHERPHUR/PASS AFGHANISTAN ON HAVING/EXPOSED HIMSELF TO THE FULL/FIRE OF THE ENEMY AND BY HIS/EXAMPLE AND ENCOURAGEMENT/….AT THE/MOMENT WAVERING AT THE TOP/OF THE HILL/GLENALMOND 1860-1866/This tablet is placed by some of/his school fellows
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Cunyngham, William Henry Dick
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Commemorations
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, place of death, manner of death, date of death, decorations, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, place of death, manner of death, date of death, decorations, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, place of death, manner of death, date of death, decorations, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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