Memorial

Lieutenant Colonel P Shadwell

Source: Copyright Stephen Palmer

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Current Location

All Saints Church, Bishops Way, Maidstone, Maidstone, Kent, ME15 6YE, England

TQ 760 554

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 32538
Description: PLAIN RECTANGULAR BLACK MARBLE TABLET WITH WHITE MARBLE PEDIMENT. INCISED INSCRIPTION. CARVED WHITE MARBLE HANG DOWN FROM THE TOP CORNERS OF THE TABLET
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ PETER SHADWELL/ LIEUT. COL: OF THE 25TH REGT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS/ AND COMMANDANT OF THE CAVALRY DEPOT/ WHO WAS SHOT TO THE HEART BY A DESERTER/ IN THE PUBLIC STREET OF WROTHAM,/ AT 8 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING OF THE 1ST DAY/ OF JUNE 1799,/ IN THE 47TH. YEAR OF HIS AGE./ BY THIS ATROCIOUS DEED, THE COUNTRY WAS/ DEPRIVED OF A VALUABLE OFFICER/ AND THE SOLDIER OF A SINCERE FRIEND;/ WHO FROM HIS EXTRAORDINARY MILITARY/ TALENTS, ROSE FROM PRIVATE,/ TO THE RANK HE HELD WHEN MURDERED.

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional

Tablet

Height: 1200MM

Width: 800MM

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good