Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Eastbourne
- Town
- Eastbourne
- County
- East Sussex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
- Maker
- Gawthorp of London (Letter cutter / Engraver)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 84251
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Current location
West Wall
St Saviours Church
South Street
Eastbourne
Eastbourne
East Sussex
BN21 4UT
England
OS Grid Ref: TV 61077 98742
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Rectangular brass plaque mounted on a marble backboard. The plaque is bordered by a geometric design broken by 6 large screwheads. Within the plaque is a nowy headed design featuring a foliate design and a 10th Regiment crest in the top corners. A Lincoln Regiment crest sits at the top of the plaque below which the inscription is written in highly stylized gothic lettering. This plaque is linked to another at Hayton, about 6 miles east of Carlisle: our reference 67429.
- Inscription
- Sacred to the memory of/ Lieutenant Herbert Reginald Curtis Graham,/ 2nd Battn 10th Regiment, who died of diphtheria/ at Malta, on the 27th of August 1880, aged 23, deeply missed [sic] by his brother Officers/ by whom this tablet was placed here.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Graham, Herbert Reginald Curtis
See details - Commemorations
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forenames, surname, unit, details of death
Order of information: Undefined
- 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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