Memorial

Lieutenant Colonel W G Cameron and Lieutenant G G Cameron

Mark Newton 29 May 2016

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 29 May 2016

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Current Location

St. Mark's Church, Hinton Wood Avenue, Highcliffe, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 5AB, England

SZ 20566 93522

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 54785
Description: Wall mounted marble tablet on support tablet of black marble. The head of the tablet is elaborately moulded, depicting crossed flags.
Inscription: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ LIEUTENANT COLONEL/ WILLIAM GORDON CAMERON, K.H./ LATE OF THE GRENADIER GUARDS/ IN WHICH REGIMENT HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY/ WITH HONOR AND DISTINCTION./ HE WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED IN THE PENINSULAR,/ AND AT WATERLOO WHERE HE LOST HIS RIGHT ARM./ HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE 26TH MAY, 1856, AGED 66./ LEAVING A WIDOW AND TEN CHILDREN TO HONOR HIS MEMORY./ THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY HIS ELDEST SON/ ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF GEORGE GERVIS,/HIS 4TH SON,/ LIEUT:IN THE COLDSTREAM GUARDS AND LATE PAGE OF HONOR TO THE QUEEN/ HE DIED ON THE 20TH SEPTEMBER, 1859,/ AGED 19 YEARS./ THEIR MORTAL REMAINS REST IN THE VAULT BENEATH.

War: Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
Number Commemorated: 1
Served: 1
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,age of death,relationships,additional,decorations

Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,forename,age of death,relationships,additional

Tablet

Height: 2200mm

Width: 1100mm

Made from: Marble - Black, Marble - White

Condition: Good