Lieutenant William Poole


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Reference WMO/291548

Address:

Holy Trinity Church

Newbold Road

Chesterfield

S41 7PG

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)
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
About the memorial: An upright, oblong, white marble tablet with a stepped foot and a decorative pediment surmounting a moulded cornice at the head. The pediment comprises a blank shield against a garland of foliage with an officer's sword and the projecting muzzle of a canon. The incised inscription is in upright capital roman lettering coloured black. The tablet is mounted on a black stone backboard, possibly slate, with curved nowy head and similar projecting foot. It is on the north wall of the Chancel. Note that at this time the country of Burma is quite often spelt as Birmah.
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SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM POOLE/ LIEUTENANT IN H.M'S 84TH. REGIMENT/ THE BELOVED SON OF THE/ REVD. ALEXR. POOLE, B.A.,/ FIRST INCUMBENT OF THIS CHURCH, AND/ ELIZABETH MARY, HIS WIFE,/ BORN AT KEGWORTH, JAN. 4TH, 1834./ DIED AT LUCKNOW, SEP. 29TH, 1857./ HE WAS A DUTIFUL AND AFFECTIONATE SON/ AND A LOVING BROTHER./ HE FIRST SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN BIRMAH,/ AFTERWARDS ACCOMPANIED/ SIR JAMES OUTRAM, TO JOIN THE FORCE UNDER/ GENERAL HAVELOCK/ FOR THE RELIEF OF LUCKNOW, AND/ THROUGHOUT THE ADVANCE CONDUCTED/ HMSELF MOST GALLANTLY./ DURING THE NIGHT OF THE 28TH, SEP, WHEN/ COMMANDING AN OUTPOST IN CLOSE/ PROXIMITY TO THE ENEMY, HE FELL MORTALLY/ WOUNDED BY A MUSKET BALL./ HE WAS BELOVED BY HIS COMRADES,/ ESTEEMED BY HIS SUPERIOR OFFICERS, AND/ MOURNED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM./ HIS REMAINS REST IN THE RESIDENCY/ CHURCH YARD AT LUCKNOW,/ "IN HOPE OF ETERNAL LIFE."

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