- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 11839
- Description
- In the Nave, north aisle, a long; curved relief panel with a central portrait medallion.
Cast bronze wall panel of tripartite form with a roundel portrait of a general in the centre, panels with military standards and inscribed ribbons to the left and right.
In the upper centre is a panel with a relief showing a procession of soldiers, some riding on camels. At the corners are small panels with medals and insignia. Four narrow vertical panels separating the main sections contain, at the ends, branches with inscribed ribbons and, in the centre, sheaves containing axes encircled by inscribed ribbons.
- Inscription
- UPPER (left): MANNERS MAKYTH MAN (right): IN HOC SIGNO VINCES
CENTRE (col 1): SOUTH/ AFRICA (left panel): 1879, TRANSVAAL. 1881 TEL.EL.KEBIR 1882 (col 2): MARCH/ON (col 3): CAIRO/ 1882 (right panel): TEB 1884 TAMAI 1884 ABU KLEA 1885 (col 4): 1885 ABU KRU
LOWER (centre): TO THE MEMORY OF/ MAJOR GENERAL SIR HERBERT STEWART K.C.B. (left): BORN 30TH JUNE 1843 - DIED 16TH FEBRUARY 1885/ AT JAKDUL/ OF WOUNDS RECEIVED AT THE BATTLE OF ABU- KRU. (right)WHEN IN COMMAND OF THE DESERT COLUMN/ IN THE NILE EXPEDITION/ FOR THE RELIEF OF KHARTOUM 1884-5
(left corner): J.E.BOEHM FECIT (right corner) ALFRED BARNARD FOUNDER