Memorial

Winchester College Crimea

Old Wykehamists, Crimea

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 6 July 2016

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Current Location

Entry chamber to Chapel, Winchester College, College Street, Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 9LX, England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 63315
Description: Elaborately decorated memorial of three panels.
Inscription: Think upon them thou who art passing by to-day, child of the same family, bought by the same Lord. Keep thy foot when thou goest into this house of God, then watch thine armour and make thyself ready by prayer to fight and to die, the faithful soldier and servant of Christ and of thy country. (Exact line-spacing and sentence case unknown).

War: Crimean War (1853-1856)
Number Commemorated: 13
Died: 13
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,decorations

Maker(s): William Butterfield, Designer
Maintenance History: Part of the Chapel which was listed Grade I 24 March 1950.

Tablets

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Buildings of England series by Various 'Hampshire: Winchester and the North' (2010) p.648
Memorials and Monuments in Portsmouth http://www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk/churches/royal_garrison/wykehamists.htm
Victoria County History Hampshire vol.5 (1912)