- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 11620
- Description
- Polished red granite column with Portland stone base dressing and sculpture. The column rises from a base with 4 lions and, just below midway, has a shaft-ring from which hang shields. There is a large, top-piece which includes statues of Edward the Confessor, Henry III, Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria and these are surmounted by a lattern-cross and, a statue of St. George and the dragon. The names and commemoration are on the base which is topped by the statues of four lions.
- Inscription
- North side: TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE/ EDUCATED AT WESTMINSTER SCHOOL/ WHO DIED IN THE RUSSIAN AND INDIAN WARS/ A.D. 1854-1859/ ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE/ OR FROM WOUNDS OR SICKNESS/ SOME IN EARLY YOUTH/ SOME FULL OF YEARS AND HONOURS/ BUT WHO ALL ALIKE/ GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ THIS COLUMN WAS ERECTED/ BY THEIR OLD SCHOOLFELLOWS/ IN TOKEN OF SORROW FOR THEIR LOS / OF PRIDE IN THEIR VALOUR/ AND IN FULL ASSURANCE/ THAT THE REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR HEROISM/ IN LIFE AND DEATH/ WILL INSPIRE THEIR SUCCESSORS AT WESTMINSTER/ WITH THE SAME COURAGE AND SELF-DEVOTION.
South side: (NAMES)/ RUSSIAN WAR 1854-1856
West side: (NAMES)/ RUSSIAN WAR 1854-185
East side: (NAMES)/ INDIAN WAR 1857-1858
