Thomas Unett CB

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Reference WMO/177647

Address:

St Phillip's Churchyard

Birmingham Cathedral

St Phillip's Square

Colmore Row

Birmingham

B3 2QB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Obelisk
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
About the memorial: Set in the grounds of St Phillips Birmingham Cathedral Churchyard, Birmingham. The inscription is engraved into the stone and painted gold. Battles commemorated are Alma, Inkerman, Sebastopol - the latter was where Thomas Unett died Base of memorial is different stone to upper marble obelisk
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Lieutenant Colonel of the 19th Foot born in Birmingham on the 12th of November 1806 was mortally wounded at the siege of Sebastopol while leading the British Column to the final assault on the Redan on the 8th of September 1855.His friends and fellow townsmen dedicate this obelisk to his memory as a record of the noble example of one who chose the foremost place in the path of duty and met death with the calm undaunted spirit of a Christian Soldier

Thomas Unett C. B.

Grade II (England)

1343138

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