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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Shepway
Town
Hythe
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858), Non-Combat Deaths, First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880), North West Frontier (1858-63)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
82237

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Current location

North wall of calvary chapel
St Leonard's Church
Oak Walk
Hythe
Shepway
Kent
CT21 5DN
England

OS Grid Ref: TR 16150 34910
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
White marble tablet with a gable top and pedestal over a pair of corbels all on a black backboard
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM MACKESON. / OF THIS TOWN. / WHO DIED AT BATH 10TH APRIL 1821, AGED 47 YEARS. / ALSO OF HARRIETT, HIS WIFE, / WHO DIED AT CANTERBURY 19TH DECEMBER 1855, AGED 79 YEARS. / AND OF CHARLES WILLIAM, THEIR ELDEST SON, / WHO DIED 19TH MAY 1819, AGED 19 YEARS. / THE REMAINS OF THE ABOVE ARE DEPOSITED IN A VAULT / NEAR THIS AND ADJOINING THE CHURCH. // ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THOMAS, THEIR FIFTH SON, LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / WHO DIED AT MALTA 4TH OCTOBER 1837, AGED 28 YEARS. / HE SERVED AT NAVARING 20TH OCTOBER 1827, AND IN / H.M.’s SURVEYING VESSEL HECLA ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA IN 1829_30, / AND WAS ONE OF THE FEW OFFICERS WHO SURVIVED / THE TRIALS OF THAT EXPEDITION. // WILLIAM LAWRENCE, THEIR SEVENTH SON, LIEUTENANT AND ADJUTANT / 19TH REGIMENT BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY, / WHO DIED AT BOMBAY 30TH OCTOBER 1842, AGED 26 YEARS. // JULIUS ARTHUR, THEIR EIGHTH SON, LIEUTENANT / WHO DIED AT NEEMUCH 28TH SEPTEMBER 1847, AGED 29 YEARS, / HE SERVED IN THE CABUL CAMPAIGN 1842, / AND IN THE SUTLEJ CAMPAIGN 1845_6. // AND // FREDERIC, THEIR FOURTH SON, LIEUTENANT COLONEL BENGAL ARMY, / COMPANION OF THE BATH, / MEMBER OF THE THIRD CLASS OF THE ORDER OF THE DOURANEE EMPIRE, / AND COMMISSIONER OF PESHAWUR, / WHO DIED 14TH SEPTEMBER 1853, OF A WOUND INFLICTED BY A MAHOMETAN FANATIC, / AGED 46 YEARS, / HE SERVED IN ALL THE CAMPAIGNS AND IMPORTANT OPERATIONS / ON NORTH WESTERN FRONTIER OF INDIA FROM 1838 TO 1853, / DURING THE WHOLE OF WHICH EVENTFUL PERIOD / HE WAS ENGAGED IN APPOINTMENTS / OF THE HIGHEST POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DISTINCTION. / A MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY / AND IN HONOR OF HIS CHARACTER AND PUBLIC SERVICES / AT PESHAWUR, WHERE HE FELL, AND IN CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, / BY HIS FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS IN INDIA. //
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Mackeson, Frederic
Mackeson, Julius Arthur
Mackeson, Thomas
Mackeson, William Lawrence
See details for all 4 names
Commemorations
  • British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forename, relationship, rank, service, date of death, cause of death, age at death
    Order of information: Date of death
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 3
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forenames, relationship, rank, service, place of death, date of death, age at death, additional
    Order of information: Date of death
  • 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: Forenames, relationship, rank, service, place of death, date of death, age at death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • North West Frontier (1858-63)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Forenames, relationship, rank, service, place of death, date of death, age at death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height c2,000mm, width c900mm
    Materials: Marble
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height c2,000mm, width c950mm
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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