Captain Henry King

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Reference WMO/167362

Address:

Rochester Cathedral

High Street

Rochester

ME1 1JY

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Slate
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
About the memorial: Location: North Nave Aisle, north wall. Recounts a young man's accidental death after surviving major battles in the Crimea. May be counted as a casualty of the Crimean War as he was returning from that conflict. Rectangular tablet with a shelf pediment, surmounted by a carved badge with lion rampant and four swagged flags.
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Erected by his fellow officers in affectionate memory of Captain Henry King, 21st Fusiliers, son of the Ven Walker King, Archdeacon of Rochester; who, after having been by God's mercy preserved from death, during the siege of Sebastapol, at Alma, Balaklava, and Inkermann in which last battle he was dangerously wounded, was drowned whilst bathing off Fort Ricasoli, Malta, notwithstanding the strenuous efforts of his brother officers, several of whom nearly shared his fate in their attempts to save him, on March 28th 1857. Aetat 23.

Captain Henry King The Ven Walker King

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