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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
City Of Edinburgh
Town
Edinburgh
County
Lothian
Country
Scotland
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths, First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880), British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
88702

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Current location

in a recess behind the walk of the lifts
10
St Paul's and St George's Church
Broughton Street
Edinburgh
City Of Edinburgh
Lothian
EH1 3RH
Scotland

OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Scottish Episcopal

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Description
Pedimented stone tablet
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/THOMAS ALLAN MACKENZIE/CAPTAIN IN THE 3RD REGIMENT BOMBAY LIGHT CAVALRY/WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT BOMBAY/ON THE 3RD OF OCTOBER 1856, IN THE 37TH YEAR OF HIS AGE/HE WAS A DISTINGUISHED AND GALLANT SOLDIER/A CHEERFUL AND KIND HEARTED COMRADE/AN ATTACHED AND GENEROUS FRIEND/THIS TABLET TO THE MEMORY OF ONE SO BELOVED AND/LAMENTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM IS ERECTED BY HIS/BROTHER OFFICERS WITH WHOM HE PASSED NEARLY 19 YEARS/OF HIS LIFE INCLUDING ACTIVE FIELD SERVICE/IN SCINDE AND AFGHANISTAN/WHERE HE MOST GALLANTLY/FOUGHT AND BLED.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Mackenzie, Thomas Allan
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Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, place of death, date of death, age, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • 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: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, place of death, date of death, age, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
  • British East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, place of death, date of death, age, additional
    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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