Cpl J Penton, Pte P Carline & Pte G Driver

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Reference WMO/247818

Address:

St Michael`s Church

Tavistock Road

Princetown

PL20 6RE

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 Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Other
About the memorial: A stone tablet commemorating the three individuals who died in a blizzard on Dartmoor while on exercise.
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ CORPORAL JOSEPH PENTON, PRIVATES PATRICK CARLINE/ AND GEORGE DRIVER/ OF THE 7th ROYAL FUSILIERS, WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN A SNOW STORM/ ON A NEIGHBOURING MOOR ON THE 12th FEBRUARY 1853/, WHEN IN THE EXECUTION OF THEIR DUTY. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN TOKEN OF HIS ADMIRATION OF THEIR CONDUCT AS SOLDIERS/ IN BRAVING THE DANGER IN PREFERENCE TO DISOBEYING ORDERS/ BY THEIR COMMANDING OFFICER, LIEUT.-COLONEL LACY YEA/ OF THE 7th ROYAL FUSILIERS.

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