Memorial

Major General Sir I Brock

Plaque

Source: Copyright R M Bigrigg

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Current Location

On outside wall, Town Church, Church Square, St Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, GY1 2LD, Channel Islands

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 49902
Description: NOWY HEADED BRASS PLAQUE WITH BLUE BACKGROUND AND BRASS TRIM. FOUR SCREWS IN EACH CORNER. NATIONAL EMBLEM (EITHER CANADA OR ONTARIO) IN CENTRE TOP ABOVE INSCRIPTION.
Inscription: MAJOR-GENERAL SIR ISAAC BROCK, K.B., 1769-1812/ ONE OF CANADA'S OUTSTANDING MILITARY HEROES, ISAAC BROCK/ WAS BORN ON THIS ISLAND. HE ENTERED THE BRITISH ARMY IN/ 1785, BECAME A LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OF THE 49TH REGIMENT OF/ FOOT IN 1797, AND SERVED IN EUROPE 1799-1801. THE FOLLOWING/ YEAR HE WAS POSTED TO CANADA WITH HIS REGIMENT. IN 1811,/ JUST PRIOR TO THE OUTBREAK OF WAR BETWEEN BRITAIN AND THE/ UNITED STATES, BROCK BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE EXECUTIVE/ COUNCIL AND ADMINISTRATOR OF UPPER CANADA (NOW ONTARIO)/ AND RAPIDLY ORGANIZED THE DEFENCE OF THE INFANT COLONY. HIS/ LEADERSHIP CULMINATED IN THE CAPTURE OF DETROIT AND THE/ DEFEAT OF THE U.S. INVADERS AT QUEENSTON HEIGHTS IN 1812./ HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED DURING THE LATTER ENGAGEMENT AND/ IS BURIED ON THE BATTLEFIELD./ ERECTED BY THE ARCHAELOGICAL AND HISTORIC SITES BOARD/ DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC RECORDS AND ARCHIVES OF ONTARIO.

War: War of 1812 (1812-1815)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, year died, regiment, place of death, forename,place of birth,place of burial,manner of death,decorations

Plaque

Height: 600MM

Width: 780MM

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good