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    Memorial

    9th Queen's Royal Lancers, Exeter - Indian Mutiny

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    Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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    Current Location

    In the nave, Exeter Cathedral, 1, The Cloisters, Exeter, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1HS, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SX 9209 9255

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    25216
    Description
    LARGE, WALL MOUNTED, WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING IN THE CENTRE. IT IS FLANKED BY TWO BRONZE RELIEFS OF MOUNTED LANCERS STANDING SIDE ON WITH A PALM TREE IN FRONT OF THEM. A BRONZE RELIEF OF A LION'S HEAD WITH FOLIATE SCROLLING AND SUSPENDED MEDALS IS ABOVE THE INSCRIPTION WITH A FURTHER RELIEF OF FOLIATE SCROLLING BELOW INSCRIPTION. THE NAMES ARE IN THREE COLUMNS AND ALL LETTERING IS IN BLACK. NEARBY BOARDS AND A FRAMED MANUSCRIPT DETAIL THE REGIMENTS HONOURS IN INDIA AND THE TABLET'S MAKER.
    Inscription
    Tablet: ERECTED 1860 BY THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES/ OF THE 9TH QUEENS LANCERS, WHO SERVED WITH THE REGIMENT IN INDIA, IN MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES/ WHO FELL THERE IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ KILLED IN ACTION, OR DIED OF WOUNDS/ (Names)/ DIED FROM EFFECTS OF CLIMATE/ (Names) Frame manuscript: (9th Lancers badge) / This memorial was erected to the memory/ of five officers and/ one hundred and forty = three other ranks of the / 9th. QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS / who gave their lives during the Indian Mutiny./ During this campaign the regiment won no/ less than fourteen Victoria Crosses./ The 9th Lancers were known throughout India/ as "the Delhi Spearmen" from their prowess with/ the lance in capturing that city./ On May 1st 1859, the regiment embarked at/ Fort William. Calcutta. en route for Exeter./ By a special order of the day the Governor-/General of India directed that a salute of twenty-/one guns be fired and "offered his thanks not/ only for its services before the enemy but for/ the admirable example which it has presented/ to the young soldiers of the Indian Army by its/ perfection of discipline, conduct and efficiency."/ On several occasions prior to 1861 the Regimental/ Depot was stationed at Exeter./ On its arrival in Exeter in the summer of 1859, a special service of thanksgiving was/ held in the Cathedral for the safe return of this/ MOST DISTINGUISHED REGIMENT. Board: Lancers Memorial/ Commemorating men of the/ 9th Queen's Royal Lancers who died/ in India. This was carved by/ Carlo Marochetti in 1860, the/ favourite sculptor of Queen Victoria/ and Prince Albert.
    War
    Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
    Number Commemorated
    117
    Died
    117
    Information shown
    surname, rank, forename, manner of death, regiment
    Order of names
    manner of death, then rank
    Maker(s)
    • Carlo Marochetti, Sculptor

    Sponsor Type
    other

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    Before 8th September 1860

    Components

    Tablet

    Made from: Marble - White


    Condition: Good


    Detail

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    • Army and Navy Gazette - Saturday 08 September 1860 Page 2 THE ARMY. "9th Lancers. The officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates of the Pth Lancers have just erected a beautiful monument in the cathedral at Exeter, in memory of their comrades who fell in the service of their country during the Indian mutiny. The design, which is executed by Baron Marochetti in his best style, consists of a massive slab containing the names of the officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates who fell during the mutiny, and each side there is a figure of a mounted lancer in bronze underneath a palm tree. The air of repose about these figures is very beautiful, and the effect of the sombre bronze standing out in relief against the marble is strikingly grand. whole is surmounted by a stained glass window into which are introduced scrolls containing the names of the battles in which the regiment lias been engaged during its services in India. The 9th Lancers are very popular among the townspeople of Exeter, and universal regret is expressed at the rumour that they are about to be removed to Aldershot. "