Memorial

32nd Or Cornwall Regiment Light Infantry

Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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Current Location

Devonshire Regiment Chapel, Exeter Cathedral, Cathedral Close, Exeter, Exeter, Devon, EX1 1HS, England

SX 92106 92571

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 25229
Description: Tablet set on a backboard with a carved Regimental Badge. Above the entablature on the tablet is a carved lion killing a snake with draped flags, and the lettering in black.
Inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS OF THE THIRTY-SECOND, OR CORNWALL REGIMENT LIGHT INFANTRY,/ WHO, WITH FOUR HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHT NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS/ AND PRIVATE SOLDIERS OF THAT CORPS,/ WERE KILLED, OR DIED OF WOUNDS, OR SICKNESS, IN THE NOBLE DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTY,/ DURING THE MEMORABLE DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW AND CAWNPORE, A.D. 1857,/ AND IN THE SUBSEQUENT CAMPAIGN AGAINST THE MUTINOUS SEPOYS/ AND REBELS IN INDIA./ (Names)/ ALSO, TO THE MEMORY OF (Names)/ AND FORTY THREE SOLDIERS WIVES, AND FIFTY FIVE CHILDREN OF THE 32ND LIGHT INFANTRY,/ WHO WERE BARBAROUSLY MASSACRED AT CAWNPORE IN THE MONTH OF JUNE 1857./ THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES AND FRIENDS/ AS A TOKEN OF ADMIRATION, FOR THEIR GALLANTRY, FORTITUDE, AND DEVOTION.

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good