Memorial

Brevet-Major A B Thruston

A B Thruston tablet

Source: Gilmour Strang

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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: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 11756
Description: In the Crypt, Nelson Chamber east aisle, a wall panel. In the centre the white marble tablet with memorial inscription is set in a grey striated alabaster panel with florets at the corners. A striated brown alabaster frame with round columns and frieze carved with dentils and florets is surmounted by a large, shaped alabaster achievement with a white marble cartouche elaborately carved with armorial and military badges and medals. The apron, of white marble, is carved with a further inscription and insignia of bugles and coronets.
Inscription: In Memory of/ ARTHUR BLYFORD THRUSTON/ BREVET-MAJOR OXFORDSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY/ WHO SERVED WITH DISTINCTION IN THE UNYORO/ AND DONOLA EXPEDITIONS AND WHO AS A LAST/ SERVICE TO HIS COUNTRY, WHEN THE LIVES AND/ SUPREMACY OF THE ENGLISH IN UGANDA WERE IN/ PERIL, WENT SINGLE-HANDED TO ENDEAVOUR, BY/ HIS PERSONAL INTERVENTION, TO RECALL TO/ THEIR DUTY THE MUTINEERS OF THE UGANDA RIFLES/ BY WHOM HE WAS MURDERED AT FORT LUBWA'S/ EAST AFRICA OCTOBER 19th 1897/ AETAT 32

Tablet

Height: 1200mm.

Width: 7350mm

Depth: 140mm.

Made from: Alabaster, Marble - White

Condition: Good