Memorial

Captain C F Lendy and Captain E A W Lendy DSO

Source: Copyright Michael Smith

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Current Location

IN THE WALLED GARDEN, SUNBURY PARK, Sunbury On Thames, Spelthorne, Surrey, England

TQ 100 680

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Type of Memorial: Fountain
WMR Reference Number: 41689
Description: Fountain with sculpted bronze lion couchant on plinth.
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF/ CHARLES FREDEDRICK LENDY CAPTAIN R.A./ WHO DIED AT BULAWAYO, SOUTH AFRICA/ 15TH JANUARY 1894. AGED 30./ FROM THE EFFECTS OF THE MATABELE CAMPAIGN THROUGH WHICH HE SERVED IN/ COMMAND OF THE GUNS WITH INDEFATIGABLE ZEAL AND CONSPICUOUS BRAVEY./ AND OF/ EDWARD AUGUSTUS WILLIAM LENDY, D.S.O./ KILLED IN ACTION 23RD DECEMBER 1893/ AT WARINA, WEST AFRICA. AGED 25./ CAPTAIN SHERWOOD FORESTERS AND SECONDED AS/ INSPECTOR GENERAL SIERRA LEONE FRONTIER POLICE/ THE ONLY SONS OF THE LATE MAYOR LENDY OF SUNBURY-ON-THAMES/ THIS FOUNTAIN HAS BEEN ERECTED IN THEIR NATIVE VILLAGE BY THEIR FRIENDS AS A / TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF TWO BRAVE MEN / DOLCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI

War: Matabele Wars (1893-1897)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional

War: Ashanti Wars (1823-1900)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships,occupation,additional,decorations