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Whole memorial - Taken by Ian Blackmore 05 Mar 2023
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Detailed inscription - Taken by Ian Blackmore 05 Mar 2023
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Information board - Taken by Ian Blackmore 05 Mar 2023
Reference WMO/294873
Edit memorial name, location & address- Stone Marble
- Crimean War (1853-1856)
- Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
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IN MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN SIR WILLIAM PEEL, R.N. - K.C.B., V.C. / THIRD SON OF THE RIGHT HON'BLE SIR ROBERT PEEL, BART., / THE ILLUSTRIOUS STATESMAN. / HE WAS BORN NOVEMBER 2ND 1824, / ENTERED THE NAVY AT THE AGE OF 13, / AND GAVE EARLY PROMISE OF FUTURE EMINENCE, / WHICH, THOUGH HE DIED AT THE AGE OF 33, / HE LIVED LONG ENOUGH TO ACHIEVE. / AFTER SERVING WITH DISTINCTION IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD, / HE COMMANDED A BATTERY AT THE SIEGE OF SEBASTAPOL, / RENDERING HIMSELF CONSPICUOUS AMONG BRAVE MEN, / BY ACTS OF DARING AND CHIVALROUS COURAGE./ IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. SHANNON, / ON THE OUTBREAK OF THE GREAT INDIAN REBELLION. / HE ORGANISED AND LED THE FAMOUS NAVAL BRIGADE, / WHICH DRAGGED THE 68 POUNDERS OF THE SHIPS, / HUNDREDS OF MILES FROM CALCUTTA TO LUCKNOW; / AND CO-OPERATING WITH THE ARMY, / CONTRIBUTED IN A MOST SIGNAL MANNER / TO THE SUCCESS OF OUR ARMS. / THE SERVICES THAT HE RENDERED DURING THAT GREAT CRISIS, / WERE REGARDED WITH ADMIRATION BY HIS COUNTRY; / AND HIS DEATH IN THE MIDST OF SUCCESS AND HONOURS, / WAS LAMENTED AS A NATIONAL LOSS. / HE DIED AT CAWNPORE, APRIL 27TH 1858.
Sir William Peel.
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