Lieutenant Walter Rice Olivey and Captain Herbert Edward Olivey

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Reference WMO/289768

Address:

St Mylor's Church

Mylor Churchtown

TR11 5UE

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
  • Stone Slate
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Afghanistan (1800-1899)
  • Somaliland (1900-1904)
About the memorial: White marble tablet with corniche surmounted by triangular pediment on a black slate backboard. Additional section of tablet added at base. Black inscription.
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IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ JAMES OLIVEY, R.N./ MASTER'S ASSISTANT H.M.S. "SPY" FIFTH SON OF H.O. OLIVEY, AND P. OLIVEY, HIS WIFE/ WHO DIED AT SEA, MAY 25TH 1855, AGED 16./ AND OF RICHARD OLIVEY, R.N./ PAYMASTER H.M.S. "KESTREL" SIXTH SON OF THE ABOVE/ WHO DIED AT HANKOW, N. CHINA SEPTR 9TH 1876, AGED 36,/ ALSO OF/ WALTER RICE OLIVEY,/ LIEUT: 66TH REGT. SON OF LIEUT: COL W.R. OLIVEY, ARMY PAY DEPARTMENT,/ WHO WAS KILLED WHILE CARRYING THE QUEEN'S COLOUR OF HIS REGIMENT/ AT THE BATTLE OF MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN,/ ON THE 27TH JULY 1880, AGED 20./ "UNTIL THE DAY DAWN."/ ALSO OF HIS YOUNGEST BROTHER/ HERBERT EDWARD OLIVEY,/ CAPT: SUFFOLK REGIMENT WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION/ IN SOMALILAND WHILE SERVING WITH THE 2ND BATTALION/ KING'S AFRICAN RIFLES, ON THE 17TH APRIL, 1903; AGED 32.

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