Memorial

Audley Lempriere

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ST MARY THE BLESSED VIRGIN CHURCH, Newton Valence, East Hampshire, Hampshire, England

SU 724 328

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 40337
Description: TABLET ON ALTAR WALL
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/ AUDLEY LEMPRIERE/ ELDEST SON OF REAR ADMIRAL G. O. LEMPRIERE OF PELHAM/ IN THIS PARISH AND CAPTAIN IN THE 77TH REGIMENT/ WHO FELL BEFORE SEBASTOPOL WHILE GALLANTLY ATTACKING/ THE RUSSIAN RIFLE PITS/ ON THE 19TH APRIL 1855/ AGED 20 YEARS/ HE WAS PRESENT WITH HIS REGIMENT WITHOUT INTERMISSION/ FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE WAR/ AND WAS ENGAGED IN THE BATTLES OF THE ALMA AND INKERMANN (SIC)/ IN THE LATTER OF WHICH ESPECIALLY HE RENDERED/ IMPORTANT SERVICE/ HE ENJOYED IN A REMARKABLE DEGREE THE CONFIDENCE OF/ THOSE ABOVE HIM IN COMMAND/ AND THE ESTEEM AND AFFECTION OF HIS BORTHER OFFICERS/ AND MEN AND FROM THE EXCELLENCE AND AMIABILITY/ OF HIS CHARACTER/ HIS LOSS IS DEEPLY LAMENTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM

War: Crimean War (1853-1856)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good