Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Perth And Kinross
Town
Perth
County
Tayside
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Xhosa Wars (1779-1879)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
81898

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Current location

Inside the church
St John's Kirk
St John's Place
Perth
Perth And Kinross
Tayside
PH1 5SZ
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: NO 11943 23544
Denomination: Church of Scotland

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Description
White marble, wall mounted tablet, on to black painted plaster work, which has the appearance of a scroll hanging from a sword with tassles. Marble braces fall over the top and resting on the top is a miltary hat probably in the style of his regiment. There is a small copper horn in the centre below the hat. The lettering is incised in black. Below the memorial painted in a white ring, bearing the Davidson clan moto in Latin, is the Davidson crest with an eagles head in the centre.
Inscription
SACRED/TO THE MEMORY OF/PATRICK DAVIDSON ESQRE. M.D./SURGEON OF THE 43RD LIGHT INFANTRY/WHO, WHILST IN THE ACT OF ATTENDING UPON/A WOUNDED SOLDIER,/FELL IN ACTION WITH THE CAFFRES AT 'BAILEY'S GRAVE'/IN BRITISH CAFFRARIA/ON THE THIRTEENTH OF FEBRUARY 1852/THIS MONUMENT/IS ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS/AS A MARK OF THEIR AFFECTIONATE REGARD.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Davidson, Patrick
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Commemorations
  • Xhosa Wars (1779-1879)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forename, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death
    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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