Memorial

Lieutenant Colonel T Unett

The memorial

Source: Copyright David Long

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Current Location

On the south side of the square, St Philip's Cathedral, St Philip's Square, Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 2QB, England

SP 06958 87032

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 17372
Description: Three-step sandstone base surmounted by a pink granite obelisk on a corniced and stepped plinth. Names of battles incised and gilded on the South face of the obelisk, with the dedication on the plinth below, also gilded and incised.
Inscription: (NORTH & SOUTH SIDES OF OBELISK) ALAM / INKERMANN / SEBASTOPOL (SOUTH FACE OF PEDESTAL) THOMAS UNETT, C.B. / LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OF THE 19TH FOOT. / BORN IN BIRMINGHAM / ON THE 12TH OF NOVEMBER 1800 / WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED / AT THE SEIGE OF SEBASTOPOL / WHILE LEADING THE BRITISH COLUMN / TO THE FINAL ASSAULT ON THE REDAN / ON THE 8TH OF SEPTEMBER 1855 / HIS FRIENDS AND FELLOW-TOWNSMEN / DEDICATE THIS OBELISK / TO HIS MEMORY / AS A RECORD OF THE NOBLE EXAMPLE / OF ONE WHO CHOSE THE FOREMOST PLACE / IN THE PATH OF DUTY / AND MET DEATH / WITH THE CALM UNDAUNTED SPIRIT / OF A CHRISTIAN SOLDIER

War: Crimean War (1853-1856)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank, surname, date of birth, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, place of birth, manner of death, additional

Obelisk

Height: 5300MM

Width: 2000MM SQ

Made from: Granite - Pink

Condition: Good

Grade: II