Major Thomas Oldfield


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Reference WMO/103280

Address:

English Heritage Store

Fort Brockhurst

Gunners Way

Gosport

PO12 4DS

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Bronze
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: A small bronze plaque with dedication. It was associated with a stained glass window, in the south wall of the nave, the second from the west end of the Royal Garrison Church, which was destroyed in the Blitz.
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF / MAJOR THOMAS OLDFIELD ROYAL MARINES / WHO FELL ON THE 7TH APRIL 1799 / AT THE DEFENCE OF ACRE AGED 43 / GENERAL BERTHIER NORLY RECORDS HIS VALOUR THUS / "HIS SWORD WHICH HE HAD DONE SO MUCH HONOUR / WAS ALSO HONOURED AFTER HIS FALL / HE HAS CARRIED WITH HIM THE ESTEEM / OF THE WHOLE FRENCH ARMY" /

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