Location
The plaque is on the south (right) wall of the Nave in the unroofed part of the church.
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Inscription (Upper)
IN LOVING MEMORY OF
EDWARD BOAZ EAGAR: CAPTAIN AND OF ROBERT WALTER MAXWELL BRINE LIEUTENANT BATTn FIFTH FUSILIERS Inscription (lower)
THEY SERVED IN THE SOUDAN EXPEDITION
TO KHARTOUM AND AT THE OCCUPATION OF CRETE IN 1898-9 AND WERE KILLED IN ACTION 23 NOV 1899 AT BELMONT S AFRICA WHERE THEY REST AGED 39 AND 24 RESPECTIVELY 'THEIR DEATH THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED' Further Information
EAGAR - Captain Edward Boaz - 1/Northumberland Fusiliers Killed in
action at Belmont. 23rd Nov. 1899. Aged 39. Son of Colonel Edward
Hungerford Eagar (40th Foot) and Elizabeth Kelly. Born 7th April 1860.
Served in the Nile expedition 1898 (medal and bar). He was killed by a
wounded Boer who was holding a white flag. Memorial at St. Peter's
Church, Leckhampton, Cheltenham, Glos. - "Sacred to the memory of
Elizabeth relict of Lieut Col. Edward Hungerford Eagar, 40th Regiment,
and daughter of the late Denis Kelly, Esq. of Castle Kelly Co Galway
Ireland died at Cheltenham, December 19th 1892. Also in loving memory of
her son Edward Boaz Eagar, Captain in the 5th Fusiliers, who fell at the
Battle of Belmont, S. Africa Nov. 23rd 1899, Aged 39 years."
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