Captain George Rivers Maltby

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Reference WMO/294137

Address:

Church of St. Mary

Church Street

Buckden

PE19 5TL

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 Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Colonial India
About the memorial: White stone tablet commemorating captain George Rivers Maltby
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / GEORGE RIVERS MALTBY / ELDEST SON OF THE REV DR MALTBY, VICAR OF THIS PARISH, AND LATE CAPTAIN IN HIS MAJESTY'S XVIth REGIMENT OF FOOT / HE WAS UNFORTUNEATELY THROWN FROM HIS HORSE / SOON AFTER HE HAD LANDED IN THE ISLAND OF CEYLON /AND EXPIRED IN THE GOVERNMENT HOUSE AT COLUMBO / ON THE XIVth DAY OF MARCH MDCCCXX / IN THE XXIVth YEAR OF HIS AGE / THE SWEETNESS OF HIS TEMPER /THE INGENIOUSNESS OF HIS MANNERS / AND THE RECTITUDE OF HIS PRINCIPLES /PROCURED FOR HIM THE ESTEEM AND ATTACHMENT / OF HIS BROTHER OFFICERS / AND IN A POECULAIR MANNER, ENDEARED HIM / TO HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS / HUNBLY RESIGNED TO THE WILL OF THE ALMIGHTY / HIS AFFLICTED PARENTS / DESIROUS THUS TO RECORD THEIR OWN HEAVY LOSS / AND TO SUPPLY A SEASONABLE AND SOLEMN ADMONITION / MORE ESPECIALLY TO THE YOUNG / UPON THE SHORTNESS AND UNCERTAINTY OF HUMAN LIFE

GEORGE RIVERS MALTBY

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