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    Memorial

    Royal Marine Light Infantry Egypt 1882

    Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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    Current Location

    North quire aisle, Rochester Cathedral, High Street, Rochester, Rochester Upon Medway, Kent, ME1 1SJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    TQ 74290 68520

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    16491
    Description
    A tall rectangular brass plaque on a wooden back-board. The plaque has a simple engraved flower and leaf border with the crest at the top and a symbol at the base.
    Inscription
    Sacred to the memory of / the undermentioned Officers, / N. C. Officers Dr. & Ptes of the Battalion / of Royal Marine Light Infantry. / who were killed in action / or died of their wounds or disease, / whilst serving their Queen and Country / in Egypt in the Campaign of 1882 // Chatham Divn. / Lieut. Colvin. Corpls. Branson. Love. Speedy. Dr. Gunn. / Ptes. Richard. Cross. Hall. Baxter. Bildham. Shepherd. Dare, Platten. Power. Day. Rutter. George, Hudson, Jones. / Spiers. Gilbert. Temple. Gillies. Payne. Stock. Maloney. Elliott. / Burham. Corbin. Lewis. Robinson. Hallowes. Cutcliffe. Stoliday . Portsmouth Divn. / Major Strong. Sergts. Jervis. Laker. Corpl. Lancaster. / Ptes. Castle. Owen. Murray. Ellis. Hicks. Smith. Halbert. Shattock. Pye. Routledge. Bunn. Haynes. Baker. // Plymouth Divn. / Capt. Wardell. Lieuts. Parkinson & Coke. / Corpl. Brown. Ptes. Steward. Jenkins. Butler. / Warren. Johnson. Dean. Napper. Ingram. // This Tablet is erected by the Officers / of the Battalion in remembrance / of their Departed Comrades. //
    War
    Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
    Number Commemorated
    63
    Died
    63
    Information shown
    Division, rank surname

    Components

    Plaque

    Made from: Brass


    Condition: Unknown


    • A SHORT GUIDE TO THE SERVICE MEMORIALS OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL by TRETT, R J Source: Image Library NIWM Published:THE FRIENDS OF ROCHESTER CATHEDRAL 1990