Lt Col Frederic Mackeson

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Reference WMO/262639

Address:

St Leonard's Church

Oak Walk

Hythe

CT21 5DN

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 Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Colonial India
About the memorial: Family memorial - mostly men of military connection but only this one was killed by an enemy in the course of his duties
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IN MEMORY OF / WILLIAM MACKESON. / OF THIS TOWN. / WHO DIED AT BATH 10TH APRIL 1821, AGED 47 YEARS. / ALSO OF HARRIETT, HIS WIFE, / WHO DIED AT CANTERBURY 19TH DECEMBER 1855, AGED 79 YEARS. / AND OF CHARLES WILLIAM, THEIR ELDEST SON, / WHO DIED 19TH MAY 1819, AGED 19 YEARS. / THE REMAINS OF THE ABOVE ARE DEPOSITED IN A VAULT / NEAR THIS AND ADJOINING THE CHURCH. // ALSO IN MEMORY OF / THOMAS, THEIR FIFTH SON, LIEUTENANT IN THE ROYAL NAVY, / WHO DIED AT MALTA 4TH OCTOBER 1837, AGED 28 YEARS. / HE SERVED AT NAVARING 20TH OCTOBER 1827, AND IN / H.M.’s SURVEYING VESSEL HECLA ON THE WEST COAST OF AFRICA IN 1829_30, / AND WAS ONE OF THE FEW OFFICERS WHO SURVIVED / THE TRIALS OF THAT EXPEDITION. // WILLIAM LAWRENCE, THEIR SEVENTH SON, LIEUTENANT AND ADJUTANT / 19TH REGIMENT BENGAL NATIVE INFANTRY, / WHO DIED AT BOMBAY 30TH OCTOBER 1842, AGED 26 YEARS. // JULIUS ARTHUR, THEIR EIGHTH SON, LIEUTENANT / WHO DIED AT NEEMUCH 28TH SEPTEMBER 1847, AGED 29 YEARS, / HE SERVED IN THE CABUL CAMPAIGN 1842, / AND IN THE SUTLEJ CAMPAIGN 1845_6. // AND // FREDERIC, THEIR FOURTH SON, LIEUTENANT COLONEL BENGAL ARMY, / COMPANION OF THE BATH, / MEMBER OF THE THIRD CLASS OF THE ORDER OF THE DOURANEE EMPIRE, / AND COMMISSIONER OF PESHAWUR, / WHO DIED 14TH SEPTEMBER 1853, OF A WOUND INFLICTED BY A MAHOMETAN FANATIC, / AGED 46 YEARS, / HE SERVED IN ALL THE CAMPAIGNS AND IMPORTANT OPERATIONS / ON NORTH WESTERN FRONTIER OF INDIA FROM 1838 TO 1853, / DURING THE WHOLE OF WHICH EVENTFUL PERIOD / HE WAS ENGAGED IN APPOINTMENTS / OF THE HIGHEST POLITICAL RESPONSIBILITY AND DISTINCTION. / A MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY / AND IN HONOR OF HIS CHARACTER AND PUBLIC SERVICES / AT PESHAWUR, WHERE HE FELL, AND IN CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL, / BY HIS FRIENDS AND ADMIRERS IN INDIA. //

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