Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Southwark
- Town
- Southwark
- County
- Greater London
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 84986
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Current location
Southwark Cathedral
Flat Iron square
Southwark
Southwark
Greater London
SE1 9DA
England
OS Grid Ref: TQ 32669 80290
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Rectangular white marble tablet on a black backboard . The tablet stands on two brackets , and has straight sides with the top a convex curve , The inscription is incised and coloured black .
- Inscription
- /THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY THE/GOVERNORS OF ST THOMAS'S HOSPITAL/TO THE MEMORY OF/JOHN GRABHAM/AND/EDWARD JOHN COMPLIN/PAST HOUSE SURGEONS OF THE/HOSPITAL/WHO WERE MINISTERING TO THE SICK/AND WOUNDED OF THE BRITISH ARMY/BEFORE SEBASTOPOL/WERE THEMSELVES STRICKEN WITH /DISEASE AND DIED AT/SCUTARI/THE FORMER FEBRUARY 16TH 1855/IN THE 25TH YEAR OF HIS AGE/THE LATTER OCTOBER 23RD 1855/IN THE 26TH YEAR OF HIS AGE/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Complin, Edward John
Grabham, John
See details for all 2 names - Commemorations
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: given name , surname , profession , manner of death , place of death ,date of death . age at death .
Order of information: Undefined
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: depth c 100, height c 400, width c 300
Materials: Marble - White
- Tablet
- 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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