Memorial

Major General Sir I Brock

Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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Current Location

St Paul's Cathedral, St Paul's Churchyard, City of London, City Of London, Greater London, EC4M 8AD, England

TQ 32035 81148

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 11667
Description: In the South Transept a marble wall monument carved with figures in high relief and partly free-standing of a native American and two soldiers beside a memorial stone. The latter, consisting of an upended stone with a smaller block placed on top of it, bears the memorial inscription, and on top are a plumed helmet and a sword. At the left the figure of a native American is semi-naked with feathered headdress and holding an upturned axe. At the centre and right a bare-chested soldier lies fallen and is being supported by a kneeling soldier, a firearm lies on the ground beneath them; the whole rests on a narrow ledge with projecting ends.
Inscription: ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ISAAC BROCK,/ WHO GLORIOUSLY FELL/ ON THE 13TH OCTOBER/ MDCCCXII,/ IN RESISTING AN ATTACK ON QUEENSTOWN,/ IN UPPER-CANADA

War: War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,place of death,forename,manner of death,additional

Memorial

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good