- Type of Memorial
- Pillar / Column
- WMR Reference Number
- 21426
- Description
- Broad square pillar made from stone and pink granite. Pillar surmounted by an elaborate finial cast from the metal of a gun captured at Lucknow. Finial consists of flags, spears, swords, rifles cannon and anchors. Four cannons set muzzle upwards in the base.
- Inscription
- Face 1: SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ (Names)/ THE SEAMEN AND MARINES/ THE SHANNONS NAVAL BRIGADE,/ WHO FELL WHILST EMPLOYED IN THE/ N.W. PROVINCES OF INDIA/ DURING THE MUTINY. A.D. 1857-8./ TRIBUTE TO THEIR GALLANTRY/ THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/ BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW/ OF H.M.S. SHANNON/ 1860.
Face 2 (approximate line spacing, inscription now illegible): KILLED IN ACTION/ 2 OFFICERS 6 SEAMEN 2 MARINES/ DIED OF WOUNDS/ 9 SEAMEN 1 MARINE/ DIED OF DISEASE/ 2 OFFICERS 70 SEAMEN 11 MARINES/ WOUNDED/ 7 OFFICERS 34 SEAMEN 3 MARINES/ COME WE BLESSED OF MY FATHER/ INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED/ FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD
Face 3 (approximate line spacing, inscription now illegible): THE TROPHY/ IS MADE FROM A GUN/ CAPTURED AT LUCKNOW/ AND PRESENTED/ TO SHANNON BRIGADE/ BY GEN. LORD CLYDE G.C.B./ COMMANDER IN CHIEF/ OF THE ARMY
Face 4 (approximate line spacing, inscription now illegible): THE SHANNON'S NAVAL BRIGADE/ WITH 6 8 INCH GUNS AND/ FOUR FIELD PIECES/ LEFT CALCUTTA/ FOR THE N.W. PROVINCE/ AUG 13 1857/ SERVED AT THE BATTLE OF KEDJIVA/ OCTOBER 1857/ RELIEF OF LUCKNOW NOV 1857/ DEFEAT OF THE GWALIOR CONTINGENT/ DEC 1857/ BATTLE OF KALLEE-NUDDEE/ JAN 1858/ CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW MARCH 1858/ AND RETURNED TO THE SHANNON AUG 1858