Roman Catholic Members of the Royal Navy and Royal Marines killed in the Egypt Campaign 1882-1885

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Reference WMO/275879

Address:

Roman Catholic Church of St Henry and St Elizabeth

Broadway

Sheerness

ME12 1TS

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Pulpit
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Timber Timber (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
About the memorial: Pulpit commemorating those catholic officers and men of the Royal Navy and Marines who lost their lives during the Egypt Campaign of 1882 – 1889. The pulpit is supported by a central column surrounded by an arcade of marble columns. On the east side is a curved stair with metal handrail. The niches on the sides have carvings of St Athanasius, the patron saint of Egypt, as well as the four Evangelists' symbols. They are divided by marble columns whose capitals support angels with shields. The latter carry the arms of Pope Leo XIII, the bishop of Southwark, Lieutenant De Lisle, the Admiralty and the names and dates of the Egypt (1882 - 1884) and Sudan (1884 - 1885) campaigns. Brass plate by Hardman of Birmingham. Originally affixed to a wall, now propped against the pulpit.
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'OF YOUR CHARITY PRAY FOR THE SOULS / OF / LIEUT. RUDOLPH E.M.P. DE LISLE, R.N. / J. WILLIAMS, L.G. SEAMAN E. BREEN, SERJEANT RMLI / J. MURRAY, L.G. SEAMAN M. CAREY, CORPORAL RMLI / T. O'BRIEN, A.B. SEAMAN M. WALTERS, PRIVATE RMLI / J. O'CONNOR, A.B. SEAMAN T. PAVELEY, PRIVATE, RMLI / F. HOGAN, A.B. SEAMAN E. MEADE, PRIVATE RMLI / A. DARRAGH, WRITER E. MCCANN, PRIVATE RMLI / OF / THE NAVAL BRIGADE / WHO GALLANTLY FIGHTING FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY / FELL IN THE EGYPTIAN AND SUDAN CAMPAIGNS 1882-1885 / AND IN WHOSE MEMORY THIS TABLET AND PULPIT WERE ERECTED / BY THE CATHOLIC OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE ROYAL NAVY AND MARINES. / R.I.P.'

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