Captain Samuel Walker and Captain Richard Beckett

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Reference WMO/236768

Address:

Leeds Minster (Leeds Parish Church-St Peter's)

Kirkgate

Leeds

LS2 7DJ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Figure sculpture
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: White marble figure of mourning angel with wings and bared breast seated on the barrel of a cannon, resting her head on her right arm which in turn rests on the staffs of draped Colours set diagonally in front of a palm tree. The whole group rests on a semi-circular plinth on the front of which is carved in low relief a lion with lowered head. The whole on a rectangular base bearing carved inscription.
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TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN SAMUEL WALKER OF THE 3RD REGT OF GUARDS / AND / CAPTAIN RICHARD BECKETT OF THE COLDSTREAM REGT OF GUARDS / NATIVES OF LEEDS / WHO / HAVING BRAVELY SERVED THEIR COUNTRY TOGETHER / IN EGYPT, GERMANY, DENMARK AND PORTUGAL / FELL IN THE PRIME OF LIFE / AT THE GLORIOUS BATTLE OF TALAVERA, SPAIN / ON THE 28TH JULY 1809 / THEIR FELLOW TOWNSMEN DEDICATED THIS MONUMENT.

Captain Samuel WALKER of the 3rd Regiment of Guards and Captain Richard BECKETT (Cricketer) of the Coldstream Regiment of Guards. Natives of Leeds who having bravely served their country together in Egypt, Germany, Denmark and Portugal, fell in the prime of life at the glorious battle of Talavera, Spain, on the 28th July 1809. Their fellow townsmen dedicated this monument. This memorial is in St Peters Church (Leeds Minster) Leeds, Yorkshire.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Beckett_(cricketer)

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