- Type of Memorial
- Obelisk
- WMR Reference Number
- 27216
- Description
- Square base surmounted by plinth and obelisk. Dedicatory marble tablets placed on the sides of the plinth.
- Inscription
- Face 1: THIS MONUMENT WAS/ ERECTED BY THE/ INHABITANTS OF BEESTON/ TO PERPETUATE THE/ MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ LEFT THIS VILLAGE/ TO SERVE THEIR COUNTRY/ AND DIED IN THE/ DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTY/ IN THE CRIMEAN WAR
Face 2: SERGEANT W. JOWETT,/ ROYAL FUSILIERS. ENLISTED/ JANUARY 8TH 1847/ FOUGHT AT ALMA, INKERMAN/ TWICE AT THE/ REDAN BATTERY, WHERE HE/ WAS STRUCK BY A SHELL/ SEPT 8TH 1855 WHICH/ NECESSITATED AMPUTATION/ OF THE RIGHT LEG AND/ DIED FROM ITS EFFECTS AT/ PLYMOUTH HOSPITAL/ OCT 11TH 1856/ AGED 26 YEARS
Face 3: PRIVATE JOHN LEES/ 17TH LANCERS,/ ENLISTED APRIL 26TH 1846/ AND WAS SLAIN IN THE/ CAVALRY CHARGE AT/ BALACLAVA,/ OCTOBER 23RD 1854/ AGED 30 YEARS./ PRIVATE THOMAS/ TOULSON,/ 17TH LANCERS./ ENLISTED APRIL 26TH 1846,/ WAS IN THE CHARGE AT/ BALACLAVA,/ AND DIED OF DIARRHOEA AT/ SCUTARI HOSPITAL,/ DECEMBER 15TH 1854/ AGED 32 YEARS.
Face 4: PRIVATE JOSEPH/ OLDHAM,/ 95TH REGIMENT./ ENLISTED SEPTEMBER 1840./ FOUGHT AT/ ALMA AND INKERMAN,/ AND DIED OF DIARRHOEA AT SCUTARI HOSPITAL,/ DECEMBER 17TH 1854./ AGED 31 YEARS/ "NO FARTHER SEEK THEIR/ MERITS TO DISCLOSURE OR/ DRAIN THEIR FRAILTIES FROM/ THEIR DREAD ABODE"/ D. A. CHALL/ BEESTON/ JUNE 1857