Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Guernsey
Town
St Peter Port
County
Channel Islands
Country
Channel Islands
Commemoration
War of 1812 (1812-1815), Non-Combat Deaths
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
97756

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Description
A rectangular white stone tablet with brown lettering on a black backboard. The shaped backboard has a peaked top with an carved coloured coat of arms.
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF GENERAL SIR J. GASPARD LE MARCHANT, / 3RD SON OF GENERAL LE MARCHANT, / WHO FELL AT THE BATTLE OF SALAMANCA, 1812, / WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING A BRILLIANT CHARGE OF CAVALRY, / WHICH VICTORIOUSLY BROKE THE FRENCH LINES. // KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE, / KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH. // COLONEL OF THE 11TH REGT. OF INFANTRY, GENERAL IN THE SPANISH SERVICE, / KNIGHT COMMANDER OT THE SPANISH ORDERS OF CHARLES 111, / AND OF SAN FERNANDO. // BETWEEN THE YEAYS OF 1846 AND 1857, HE WAS SUCCESSIVELY, / GOVENER AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE FORCES / OF THE COLONY OF NEWFOUNDLAND AND ITS DEPRNDENCIES, / GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF IN NOVA SCOTIA, / COMMANDER OF THE FORCES IN NEW BRUNSWICK, / GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF MALTA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES, / AND FINALLY, / COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE MADRAS ARMY. // HE WAS A DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER AND ABLE ADMINISTRATOR. / HE WAS BORN 16TH OCTOBER 1801, DIED 6TH FEBRUARY 1874. //
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • War of 1812 (1812-1815)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Relationship, rank, surname, manner of death, year of death
    Order of information: Undefined
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, initial, surname, relationship, career, date of birth, Date of death
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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