SIEGE OF PLYMOUTH 1643

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Reference WMO/78907

Address:

Freedom Fields Park

Queens Gate

Plymouth

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Cenotaph
Materials:
  • Stone Granite
  • Stone Marble
Conflicts:
  • English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
About the memorial: Squat pillar with pedimented capstone, on two step square base. (c IWM register) Granite pillar with marble inset plaques.
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NORTH FACE: FOUGHT IN THE MAYORALTY OF JOHN CAWSE 1643/ COMMEMORATED IN THE MAYORALTY OF J.T. BOND 1891 WEST FACE: COMMANDER FOR THE PARLIAMENT COLONEL WARDLAN EAST FACE: GENERAL FOR THE KING PRINCE MAURICE SOUTH FACE: UPON THIS SPOT ON SUNDAY DEC 3RD 1643 AFTER HARD FIGHTING/ FOR SEVERAL HOURS THE ROUNDHEAD/ GARRISON OF PLYMOUTH MADE THEIR/ FINAL RALLY AND ROUTED THE CAVALIER/ ARMY WHICH HAD SURPRISED THE OUTWORKS/ AND WELL NIGH TAKEN THE TOWN/ FOR MANY YEARS IT WAS THE/ CUSTOM TO CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF THIS VICTORY/ LONG KNOWN AS THE 'SABBATH DAY FIGHT'/ AND RECORDED AS 'THE GREAT DELIVERANCE'/ OF THE PROTRACTED SEIGE/ SUCCESSFULLY SUSTAINED BY TROOPS AND/ TOWNSFOLK ON BEHALF OF THE PARLIAMENT/ AGAINST THE KING UNDER GREAT HARDSHIPS/ FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS

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