Memorial
Captain J B Lock
Captain J Bascombe Lock Tablet
Source: Copyright Dr Peter Ashby
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Current Location
St Peters Church, High West Street, Dorchester, West Dorset, Dorset, DT1 1UB, England
OS Grid Reference
SY 69245 90750
Denomination
Church of England
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 1005
- Description
- White marble rectangular tablet with triangular top decorated with Sword, flag and helmet, on black marble rectangle.
- Inscription
- TO THE MEMORY OF/ JOHN BASCOMBE LOCK, (A NATIVE OF THIS TOWN,)/ CAPTAIN IN THE 5TH BENGAL NATIVE/ INFANTRY,/ WHO DIED IN THE KHYBUR (SIC) PASS,/ UPPER INDIA,/ JANUARY 24TH, 1842, AGE 54 YEARS./ He fell in an action with the Affreedies (sic), whilst/ bravely struggling to convey the succour so much needed by the British forces in Affghanistan (sic)./ HIS AFFLICTED RELATIVES/ THUS RECORD/ THEIR SORROW, AFFECTION,/ AND ESTEEM.
- War
- First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death
- Sponsor Type
- private
Components
- Tablet
Height: 1050MM
Width: 1050MM
Made from: Marble - White
Condition: Good
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- War Memorials Trust Reference Number
- 121504
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