Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
South Bucks
Town
High Wycombe
County
Buckinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
87764

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Current location

At the time of photographing the tablet was located at the rear of the church onthe first floor
under a dust sheet.
All Saints' Parish Church
Church Square
High Wycombe
South Bucks
Buckinghamshire
HP11 2BN
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 86562 93088
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
An ornate white marble tablet, in relief a large flag draped across the top with a wreath and Inscription at centre, a helmet to the left and sword hilt on the right. The main inscription is below in leaded lettering. A second smaller tablet is below.
Inscription
Top centre: LADEIRA/ SALAMANCA Main Inscription: CAPTAIN WILLIAM WHITE OF/ HIS MAJESTY'S 13TH REGT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS/ AND D.A.Q.M.G. OF CAVALRY./ UNDER HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON/ MORTALLY WOUNDED AT THE BATTLE OF SALAMANCA, ON THE 22 OF JULY, 1812/ IN THE 30TH YEAR OF HIS AGE./ WHOM HIS BRAVE COMPANIONS IN ARMS HAVE BORNE THIS HONOURABLE TESTIMONY "THAT HE FELL NOBLY, ACTING WITH DISTINGUISHED BRAVERY, IN A GLORIOUS CAUSE/ WITH A CHARACTER UNBLEMISHED AS A MAN, AND A SOLDIER, ADORNED WITH/ UNSULLIED INTEGRITY AND UNDAUNTED COURAGE."/ A TESTIMONY AMPLY CORROBORATED BY THE OFFICIAL GAZETTES OF/ SEPTEMBER THE 18TH, 1810 AND MAY 9TH 1812./ HE SURVIVED TILL THE NIGHT OF 23RD AND ERE HE BREATHED HIS LAST/ HAD THE SATISFACTION OF KNOWING, THAT HE DIED AS HE HAD LIVED./ THE COMPANION OF VICTORY. Lower Tablet: LIEUTENANT GILLESPIE WHITE, OF THE SAME REGIMENT/ TWIN BROTHER OF THE ABOVE, AND HOLDING SIMILAR RANK OF THE STAFF IN THE ARMY IN EGYPT/ COMMANDED BY SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE K.B./ DIED AT DAMIETTA OCTOBER 15TH 1801 AT THE AGE OF 20 YEARS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Bromley, J & Bromley, 2015, D., A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo- Volume II: M to Z, Volume 2, Pen & Sword Books. p429

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