Memorial
Sir T Picton
Current Location
Pictan Terrace, Carmarthen, Carmarthen, Dyfed, SA31 3BU, Wales
OS Grid Reference
SN 40271 19951
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 38162
- Description
- GREEK DORIC COLUMN ON A SQUARE BASE. STAIRCASE LED TO THE TOP OF THE COLUMN, WERE THERE WAS A SQUARE GALLERY WITH SMALL CANNONS AT THE CORNERS. STATUE OF GENERAL PICTON ON TOP OF A PILLAR RISING FROM THE COLUMN. WHOLE COLUMN RESTED ON SQUARE PEDESTAL. ALTO-RELIEVO REPRESENTATIONS OF HIS ASSULT ON BADAJOS, AND DEATH AT WATERLOO (FALLING INTO THE ARMS OF A SOLDIER OF THE SCOTS GRAYS) WITH THE NAMES OF THE BATTLES IN WHICH HE FOUGHT, AND TROPHIES OF WAR ON EACH CORNER OF THE PEDESTAL.
- Inscription
- SOUTH SIDE: SIR THOMAS PICTON / KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH, / OF THE PORTUGUESE ORDER OF THE TOWER AND SWORD, AND OF OTHER FOREIGN ORDERS, / LIEUTENANT-GENERAL IN THE BRITISH ARMY, AND MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT / FOR THE BOROUGH OF PEMBROKE; / BORN AT POYSTON, IN PEMBROKESHIRE, IN AUGUST, 1758; / DIED AT WATERLOO ON THE 18TH OF JUNE, 1815, / GLOROUSLY FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY AND THE LIBERTIES OF EUROPE. / HAVING HONOURABLY FULFILLED, ON BEHALF OF THE PUBLIC VARIOUS DUTIES IN / VARIOUS CLIMATES, / AND HAVING ACHIEVED THE HIGHEST MILITARY RENOWN / IN THE SPANISH PENINSULA, / HE THRICE RECEIVED THE UNANIMOUS THANKS OF PARLIAMENT, / AND A MONUMENT, ERECTED BY THE BRITISH NATION IN ST. PAUL'S / CATHEDRAL, / COMMEMORATES HIS DEATH AND SERVICES. / HIS GRATEFUL COUNTRYMEN, TO PERPETUATE PAST AND INCITE TO / FUTURE EXERTION / HAVE RAISED THIS COLUMN UNDER THE AUSPICES OF HIS MAJESTY / KING GEORGE THE FOURTH, / TO THE MEMORY OF A HERO AND A WELSHMAN, / THE PLAN AND DESIGN OF THIS MONUMENT WAS GIVEN BY OUR / COUNTRYMAN, JOHN NASH, ESQ., F.R.S., ARCHITECT TO THE KING. / THE ORNAMENTS WERE EXECUTED BY E H. BAILEY, ESQ., R.A., / AND THE WHOLE WAS ERECTED BY MR DANIEL MAINWARING, / OF THE TOWN OF CARMARTHEN, / IN THE YEARS 1826 AND 1827. / NORTH SIDE: WELSH TRANSLATION OF THE ABOVE
- War
- Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- rank, surname, date of death, place of death, forename, place of birth, manner of death, date of birth, additional, decorations
- Maker(s)
MR EDWARD HODGES BAILY RA, Sculptor
JOHN NASH, Architect
DANIEL MAINWARING (OF CARMARTHEN), Builder
- Maintenance History
- THE MONUMENT HAD DETERIORATED BY ABOUT 1840 AND WAS REPLACED BY A NEW MONUMENT (NIWM 38162)
Ceremonies
Unveiled
August 1828
Local Clergy/Dignitaries
Components
- Column
Height: 75 FT
Made from: Stone
Condition: Lost
- Figure
Height: 9 FT 6 IN
Made from: Bronze
Condition: Unknown
- CARMARTHEN AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD by SPURRELL W. 53-56 Source: Image Library EXTRACT WITH FILE