Memorial to Hester and Arthur Watkin

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Reference WMO/305129

Address:

St Oswald's Church

Church Street

Oswestry

SY11 2SY

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)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
About the memorial: Memorial to Hester Watkin and her second son Arthur, killed at the Battle of The Alma
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Sacred to the memory of the Honourable Hester wife of the Right Honourable Sir Henry Watkins William Wynn, GCH, KCB died March 5th 1854 also of their second son Arthur Watkins Captain and Acting Major of the Royal Welch Fusiliers who with eight of his brother officers fell at the Battle of the Alma on the 20th of September of the same year. Erected in humble submission to the divine will by an afflicted husband and parent.

Hester Watkins
Arthur Watkins

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