COLONEL FREDERIC RODOLPH BLAKE C.B.

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Reference WMO/302725

Address:

St. Mary the Virgin Church

Church Street

Welwyn

AL6 9LX

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:
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
About the memorial: White marble inscription panel within an elaborate architectural stone frame, flanked by two red marble columns. Incised and black-painted lettering below an armorial shield.
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Tablet: IN MEMORY OF/ COLONEL FREDERIC RODOLPH BLAKE C:B: / OF THE 33RD (DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S) REGT. / BORN 16th AUGUST 1808: DIED 23rd AUGUST 1855. / HE SERVED HIS COUNTRY IN VARIOUS / CLIMATES DURING A PERIOD OF THIRTY YEARS, / AND LED HIS REGIMENT WITH DISTINGUISHED / GALLANTRY AGAINST THE RUSSIANS AT THE / BATTLE OF THE ALMA, IN 1854. / WHILE ZEALOUSLY PERFORMING HIS DUTIES AT / THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL HE WAS STRUCK DOWN / BY FEVER AND DIED SHORTLY AFTER HIS / RETURN HOME. BELOVED AND LAMENTED BY / HIS REGIMENT, AND BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. / THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW, IN TESTIMONY / OF HER DEEP AFFECTION FOR ONE WHO, WHILE DEVOTED / TO HIS PROFFESSION (sic) AS A SOLDIER, WAS ALSO A BRIGHT / EXAMPLE OF EVERY DOMESTIC AND CHRISTIAN VIRTUE. / Foot of frame: "FERVENT IN SPIRIT; SERVING THE LORD; REJOICING IN HOPE."

Frederic Rodolph Blake

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