- Type of Memorial
- Cross
- WMR Reference Number
- 92026
- Description
- Narrow cross atop a tapering hexagonal shaft mounted on to a large square plinth and two step base. The isnscription is in capital lettering in relief on bronze plaques attached to each face of the plinth.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face: SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ PHILIP SALKELD,/ LIEUTENANT OF BENGAL ENGINEERS/ SON OF REV. ROBT. SALKELD & ELIZABETH HIS WIFE/ OF THIS PARISH,/ BORN OCTR. 13 1830, AT FONTMELL,/ DIED OCTR. 11. 1857, AT DELHI,/ WOUNDED MORTALLY IN BLOWING OPEN/ THE CASHMERE GATE./ RECEIVED ON THE BATTLEFIELD/ THE VICTORIA CROSS
9 o'clock face: IN RESPECT/ TO HIS MEMORY/ IN ADMIRATION OF HIS WORTH & COURAGE/ A PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION (BEGUN IN HIS PARISH)/ OF MORE THAN EIGHT HUNDRED POUNDS WAS RAISED/ FOR THE ERECTION OF THIS MONUMENT/ & FOR OUTFITTING TWO YOUNGER BROTHERS/ FOR MILITARY CADETSHIPS GIVEN BY/ THE HONBLE E. L. COMPANY/ TO MARK THEIR HIGH SENSE/ OF THE CHARACTER AND SERVICE OF/ PHILIP SALKELD.
12 o'clock face: "THE OFFICERS/ TO WHOM I AM MORE PARTICULARLY INDEBTED,/ LIEUTENANT SALKELD,/ OF THE ENGINEERS, WHO PERSONALLY/ FASTENED THE POWDER BAGS TO THE GATES,/ FIXED THE HOSE, AND ALTHOUGH/ FEARFULLY WOUNDED, CONTINUED/ TO HAND TO A NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICER/ OF THE SAPPERS AND MINERS/ THE LIGHT TO FIRE THE TRAIN &C. &C."/ FROM THE DISPATCHES OF/ BRIGADIER CAMPBELL.
3 o'clock face: EXTRACT OF A LETTER/ FROM ONE OF HIS BROTHER OFFICERS,/ HE DIED AS A TRUE CHRISTIAN,/ HIS BIBLE FOR MANY DAYS/ OF ILLNESS HIS ONLY BOOK."/ "BLESSED ARE THE DEAD/ WHICH DIE IN THE LORD/ FROM HENCEFORTH YEA SAITH THE SPIRIT/ THAT THEY MAY REST FROM THEIR LABOURS."/ REV: XIV: 13.