Memorial

Colonel J E Maitland and Lieutenant J E Lee

Memorial

Source: Copyright Paul Goodwin

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Current Location

Kells Parish Church, A762, north of the village, New Galloway, Stewartry, Dumfries and Galloway, DG7 3SD, Scotland

NX 63211 78357

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 44420
Description: White marble tablet mounted on a mottled grey stone backboard with black lettering. Family crest at top centre of the tablet
Inscription: DREAD GOD/ ERECTED BY/ JANE C. MAITLAND/ IN LOVING MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND,/ JOHN GORDON MAITLAND,/ ELDEST SON OF/ LOUISA MAITLAND GORDON, OF KENMURE,/ BORN 14TH SEPTEMBER, 1838,/ AFTER SERVING IN THE 46TH REGT. MADRAS NATIVE INFANTRY,/ AND IN H.M. 38TH FOOT./ HE WAS COLONEL COMMANDING THE GALLOWAY RIFLES/ FROM 1871 UNTIL HIS RETIREMENT IN 1887./ DIED 25TH AUGUST, 1897./ ALSO OF HER BROTHER/ LIEUT. JOHN EGREMONT LEE,/ 32ND BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY, DURING THE INDIAN MUTINY./ HE WAS KILLED IN AN ATTACK ON THE FORT OF TIROWLEE, OUDE,/ 21ST MARCH 1858, AGED 27 YEARS.

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, place of death, regiment, forename, age, relationships

War: Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death, age,relationships

Backboard

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good