Memorial

F G and Lieutenant T and Midshipman H A Frankland

Frankland Family

Source: Copyright John Scurr

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Current Location

St Marys Church, Kirkgate, Thirsk, Hambleton, North Yorkshire, YO7 1PT, England

SE 42723 82325

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 30006
Description: White marble tablet with the lettering that was originally coloured but which has now lost nearly all the colour.
Inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ FREDERICK ROGER FRANKLAND/ MIDSHIPMAN H.M.S. WINCHESTER/ WHO DIED OF FEVER AT SIERRE LEONE/ 23RD JANUARY 1844, AGED 20 YEARS/ THOMAS FRANKLAND/ LIEUTENANT 48TH MADRAS NATIVE INFANTRY/ AND SECOND IN COMMAND 2ND PUNJAB REGIMENT/ KILLED IN ACTION WITH THE SEPOY REBELS/ LEADING AN ASSAULT AT THE RELIEF OF LUKNOW/ 17TH NOVEMBER 1858, AGED 29 YEARS./ HARRY ALBERT FRANKLAND/ MIDSHIPMAN H.M.S. ALARM/ WHO DIED OF FEVER OFF VERA CRUZ/ 9TH MAY 1847, AGED 17 YEARS/ THE BELOVED SONS OF/ SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM FRANKLAND/ 8th BARONET/ LATE CAPTAIN 20TH REGIMENT/ AND DAME KATHERINE MARGARET/ HIS WIFE

War: Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Additional Information: Killed in action with the Sepoy Rebels leading an assault at the relief of Lucknow 17 November 1858

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
Additional Information: Both died of fever

Tablet

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good