Location
At the English Heritage store, Fort Brockhurst, Gosport [EH Ref Nos. 87900138]
Description
The memorial is made of metal. It is dirty but otherwise in reasonable condition. The text is legible.
Memorial
|
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF
THE TWELVE CHAPLAINS WHO FELL WHILE FIGHTING
MANFULLY UNDER THE BANNER OF CHRIST DURING THE
WAR IN CRIMEA. D.D. CHAPLAINS DEPARTMENT.
Further Information
This memorial is believed to have been associated with the dedication of a window in the north wall of the nave, the fourth from the west end. However the wording as recorded in the 1873 Guide to the Church is slightly different in that it says "To the Glory of God and in memory of the twelve chaplains who fell while striving to do their duty during the Crimean war, this window is dedicated by the Chaplain Department of the Army". If this shows that there were more plaques associated with the window we should not be surprised since there is also a Pew Plaque to the Chaplains in the chancel and there was formerly a Bench Plaque to the Chaplains in the Nave.
The names of the Chaplains do not appear on any existing plaque, but they are recorded in the Guide to the Church, as follows:-
| |
The Reverend G. Mockler
The Reverend J.J. Wheble
The Reverend M. Canty
The Reverend M. Whyatt
The Reverend D. Shehan
The Reverend G.H. Proctor
The Reverend H.J. Whitfield
The Reverend J. Doyle
The Reverend J. Sheil
The Reverend J. Freeman
The Reverend R. Lee
The Reverend G. Strickland
|
Died 29th September, 1854
Died December, 1854
Died 2nd February, 1855
Died 23rd February, 1855
Died 10th March, 1855
Died 10th March, 1855
Died 17th June, 1855
Died July, 1855
Died 15th August, 1855
Died 19th August, 1855
Died 14th October, 1855
Died 26th April, 1855
|
|
|
