- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 25216
- Description
- LARGE, WALL MOUNTED, WHITE MARBLE TABLET WITH INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING IN THE CENTRE. IT IS FLANKED BY TWO BRONZE RELIEFS OF MOUNTED LANCERS STANDING SIDE ON WITH A PALM TREE IN FRONT OF THEM. A BRONZE RELIEF OF A LION'S HEAD WITH FOLIATE SCROLLING AND SUSPENDED MEDALS IS ABOVE THE INSCRIPTION WITH A FURTHER RELIEF OF FOLIATE SCROLLING BELOW INSCRIPTION. THE NAMES ARE IN THREE COLUMNS AND ALL LETTERING IS IN BLACK. NEARBY BOARDS AND A FRAMED MANUSCRIPT DETAIL THE REGIMENTS HONOURS IN INDIA AND THE TABLET'S MAKER.
- Inscription
- Tablet: ERECTED 1860 BY THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES/ OF THE 9TH QUEENS LANCERS, WHO SERVED WITH THE REGIMENT IN INDIA, IN MEMORY OF THEIR COMRADES/ WHO FELL THERE IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ KILLED IN ACTION, OR DIED OF WOUNDS/ (Names)/ DIED FROM EFFECTS OF CLIMATE/ (Names)
Frame manuscript: (9th Lancers badge) / This memorial was erected to the memory/ of five officers and/ one hundred and forty = three other ranks of the / 9th. QUEEN'S ROYAL LANCERS / who gave their lives during the Indian Mutiny./ During this campaign the regiment won no/ less than fourteen Victoria Crosses./ The 9th Lancers were known throughout India/ as "the Delhi Spearmen" from their prowess with/ the lance in capturing that city./ On May 1st 1859, the regiment embarked at/ Fort William. Calcutta. en route for Exeter./ By a special order of the day the Governor-/General of India directed that a salute of twenty-/one guns be fired and "offered his thanks not/ only for its services before the enemy but for/ the admirable example which it has presented/ to the young soldiers of the Indian Army by its/ perfection of discipline, conduct and efficiency."/ On several occasions prior to 1861 the Regimental/ Depot was stationed at Exeter./ On its arrival in Exeter in the summer of 1859, a special service of thanksgiving was/ held in the Cathedral for the safe return of this/ MOST DISTINGUISHED REGIMENT.
Board: Lancers Memorial/ Commemorating men of the/ 9th Queen's Royal Lancers who died/ in India. This was carved by/ Carlo Marochetti in 1860, the/ favourite sculptor of Queen Victoria/ and Prince Albert.