Memorial

Lieutenant Colonel H Deeds

Tablet

Source: Copyright Susan Featherstone

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Current Location

East wall of south transept, St Leonard's Church, Oak Walk, Hythe, Shepway, Kent, CT21 5DN, England

TR 16150 34910

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 82230
Description: A square white tablet with a gable top on a pair of corbels, all on a black backboard. Black filled inscription
Inscription: SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / LIEUt COLONEL HENRY DEEDS, 34TH REGt / SON OF THE LATE WILLm DEEDS ESQr OF SANDLNG PARK / IN THIS COUNTY. / WHO DIED IN THE 48TH YEAR OF HIS AGE ON THE 26TH MARCH / 1848. ON BOARD H.M.S. BELLEROPHON. / WHILE ON HIS PASSAGE WITH HIS REGIMENT / FROM CORFU TO GIBRALTAR. / WHERE HIS REMAINS ARE INTERRED // THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED / BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS, AS A MARK OF THEIR / ESTEEM AND REGARD. //

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surnname, regiment, age at death, date of death, place of death, place of interment

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Backboard

Width: c1,000mm

Condition: Good