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- China (19C and 20C)
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Other
- 19th Century Wars
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ GEORGE TWISTLETON COLVILE, ESQRE.,/ COMMANDER IN THE ROYAL NAVY,/ FOURTH SON OF/ FREDERICK CHARLES ACTON COLVILE, ESQRE.,/ LATE CAPTAIN IN THE 3RD. FOOT GUARDS,/ AND MARY, HIS WIFE,/ SISTER TO CHANDOS, FIRST LORD LEIGH./ BORN AT BARTON HOUSE IN THE/ COUNTY OF WARWICK,/ ON THE 25TH. DAY OF JUNE 1826./ HE ENTERED THE NAVY IN 1839,/ WAS PRESENT AT THE BOMBARDMENT OF/ ST. JEAN D'ACRE,/ AND AT THE BATTLE OF INKERMANN,/ AND COMMANDED A BATTERY/ IN THE NAVAL BRIGADE BEFORE SEBASTOPOL./ WHILE COMMANDING H.M.S. CAMILLA,/ AND AS ACTING CAPTAIN OF H.M.S. NIGER,/ HE RENDERED/ IMPORTANT SERVICES TO HIS COUNTRY/ IN THE CHINA SEAS,/ HE WAS LOST WITH THE CAMILLA AND CREW,/ IN A TYPHOON,/ OFF THE COAST OF JAPAN,/ ON THE 9TH. DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1860./ IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF/ A BELOVED SON,/ DEEPLY LAMENTED IN THE NAVAL SERVICE/ AS AN OFFICER/ OF GREAT ZEAL AND ABILITY,/ THIS MONUMENT/ IS ERECTED BY HIS SORROWING PARENTS.
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