Memorial

Major General Sir John McCaskill

Sir John McCaskill tablet

Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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Current Location

St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington Church Street, Kensington, Kensington And Chelsea, Greater London, W8 4LA, England

TQ 2562079710

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 94521
Description: Elaborate rectangular composite tablet. Centre section is plain white marble with dedication in black capitals, surrounded by a sculpted frame in pink veined marble with with 14 small rectangular tiles. An outside frame of geometric ceramic tiles has corners featuring a different tile design within a white circle.
Inscription: IN MEMORIAM/MJR.GENL. SIR JOHN MCCASKILL KGB KH/BORN 1781/JOINED THE 53RD SHROPSHIRE REGT. IN 1797. LT.COL 89TH REGT. IN 1826/SERVED THROUGHOUT THE MAHRATTA WAR 1817-18 & THROUGH THE /AFFGHAN CAMPAIGN OF 1842. COMMANDED THE DETACHED COLN./WHICH ASSAULTED & CAPTURED ISTALIF SEPTEMBER 1842/FELL AT MOODKEE 18TH DECR. 1845/THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS DAUGHTER JESSIE MITCHELL