Location
The plaque is on the north (left) wall at the east end near the Altar wall.
Description
Size: 360mms high X 640mms wide.
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Inscription
THE REREDOS IN THIS CHURCH IS ERECTED TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY
OF COLONEL & BRIGADIER GENERAL SIR WILLIAM WEST TURNER K.C.S.I.,C.B. OF
HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL FUSILIERS AND 97th REGIMENT. A DISTINQUISHED SOLDIER
WHOSE MILITARY TALENTS WERE CONSPICUOUSLY BROUGHT TO NOTICE DURING THE
WAR IN THE CRIMEA AND IN CHINA AND IN THE INDIAN MUTINY OF 1857-58
MERITED THE SPECIAL APPROBATION OF HIS SOVEREIGN. HE DIED AT NAPLES JULY
9th 1871 AGED 48 AFTER A SERVICE OF 30 YEARS. TO HIS COMRADES AND THE MANY
FRIENDS WHO MOURN HIS LOSS HE HAS LEFT THE NOBLE EXAMPLE OF A CHRISTIAN
SOLDIER A GENTLE UPRIGHT HONOURABLE MAN.
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