Royal Engineers South Africa & Afghanistan 1878 - 81

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Reference WMO/158112

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Rochester Cathedral

High Street

Rochester

ME1 1JY

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Stained glass window
Materials:
  • Glass Stained Glass
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Other
Conflicts:
  • Afghanistan (1800-1899)
  • Boer War, First (1880-1881)
About the memorial: This memorials is in three sections, all on the west wall.Dedication location: Mosaic tympanum above centre west door. Window location: west end of nave, above the mosaic niches. Names location: Upper tier of mosaic niches either side of centre west door. Upper tier, south side, left panel: SOUTH AFRICA / 1878-91 / ROYAL ENGINEERS / (Names) Upper tier, south side, centre panel: SOUTH AFRICA / 1878-91 / ROYAL ENGINEERS / (Names) Upper tier, south side, right panel: AFGHANISTAN / 1939-42 / 1878-80 / BENGAL ENGINEERS / (Names) Upper tier, north side, left panel: AFGHANISTAN / 1878-80 / ROYAL ENGINEERS / (Names) Upper tier, north side, centre panel: AFGHANISTAN / AND / WIZARA / 1878-81 / ROYAL ENGINEERS / (Names) Upper tier, north side, right panel: AFGHANISTAN / 1878-80 / BOMBAY / SAPPERS / AND / MINERS / (Names) See WMOL 162284 for the Peninsular and Waterloo mosaic covering the lower part of the west wall. The associated tablet and upper tier of windows of the Peninsular and Waterloo memorial are on the south wall of the South Nave Transept.
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Tympanum: TO THE / GLORY OF GOD / AND TO THE MEMORY OF THE / OFFICERS N.C. OFFICERS AND MEN OF / THE ROYAL ENGINEERS / THE BENGAL ENGINEERS AND THE / BENGAL, MADRAS AND BOMBAY SAPPERS AND MINERS / WHO DIED FOR QVEEN AND COVNTRY, SOME IN / AFGHANISTAN DURING THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1838-1842 / AND OF 1887-90 ONE IN THE WAZIRI EXPEDITION / OF 1881 AND OTHERS IN SOUTH AFRICA IN THE / KAFFIR, ZULU AND TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGNS OF 1878-81. THE ABOVE WINDOW IS DEDICATED BY / THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS. THE NAMES OF THOSE COMMEMORATED ARE INSCRIBED ON EITHER SIDE OF THE DOORWAY. Afghanistan 1878 - 80 Royal Engineers Killed by an explosion at Sherpur 23 Dec 1879 Captain J Dundas VC, Lieutenant C Nugent near Jalalabad, Corporal A E Winch died of disease, Lieutenants B Poulter, A R Ancrum, J T Rice, A E Dobson, Sergeants C Hawkins, J T Ireland, W Bassett, G E Dove, Corporals H Riches, E R James, 2nd Corporals C Davis, H Luke, R A Anderson, S Boon, J Bradley, W T Church, Lcr Corporal J Phillips. Afghanistan and Waziri 1878 - 81 Royal Engineers Waziri Expedition died of disease 2 June 1881 Major W H Pierson, Afghanistan 1878 - 80 Bengal Sappers and Miners killed in action Sepoys Golab Singh, Sooltan Ali Kurbeer, died of disease 98 Native Officers and Men, Queens Own Madras Sappers and Miners Died of disease 23 Native officers and men

J Dundas VC, C Nugent, A E Winch, B Poulter, A R Ancrum, J T Rice, A E Dobson, C Hawkins, J T Ireland, W Bassett, G E Dove, Corporals H Riches, E R James, C Davis, H Luke, R A Anderson, S Boon, J Bradley, W T Church,J Phillips, W H Pierson, Golab Singh, Sooltan Ali Kurbeer.

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