Memorial

Captain De Lacy D. Passy

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Current Location

All Saints Church, Church Road, Wilstead, North Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire, MK45 3HJ, England

TL 06268 43488

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 1706
Description: Wall mounted memorial comprising a white marble tablet attached to a two-concave-cornered, shouldered nowy-headed black marble backboard. Head of tablet incorporates a carved decoration of two draped flags on crossed spears. The tablet contains four concave (scalloped) corners and bears an incised inscription infilled with black paint.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / DE LACY DAYRELL PASSY / CAPTAIN 4TH REGIMENT MADRAS PIONEERS, / WHO WAS BORN IN THIS PARISH, JUNE 6TH 1852, / DIED WHILST SERVING WITH HIS REGIMENT / AT DULOJAL, IN AFGHANISTAN, / FEBRUARY 3RD 1886. / ERECTED BY HIS BROTHER OFFICERS / AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM.

War: First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, place of birth, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death, additional
Order of names: Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, place of birth, date of birth, manner of death, place of death, date of death, additional

Tablet

Height: 770 mm

Width: 990 mm

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good