Memorial

Lieutenant Colonel Collier

Tablet for Lieutenant Colonel Collier, killed in the Peninsular Campaign, in St Mary's Church Bury St Edmunds

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St. Mary's Church, Corner of Crown Street and Honey Hill, Bury St Edmunds, St Edmundsbury, Suffolk, IP33 1RT, England

OS Grid Reference

TL 85598 63949

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Church of England

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W G Collier

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2039
Description: High, wall mounted, arch-headed black marble backboard with an attached apex-pedimented, dedicatory white tablet, additionally supported by a single corbel stone. Within the pediment is a carved relief displaying a skull and hour glass. Central section of the tablet bears an incised inscription and name infilled with black paint. At the base of the tablet is a drop-curved area incorporating a further carved relief of the instruments of war.
Inscription: Sacred to the Memory of / The gallant / LIEUTENANT COLONEL COLLIER / Of the Coldstream Guards / Who died the 10th of May 1814 of the severe Wounds he received / In the dreadful Sortie of the French from Bayonne. / He was an Officer universally beloved by the Soldiers, / And esteemed by his Brother Officers for his unremitting Attention, Zeal, / And Courage in the course of 14 Years distinguished Service with the Guards / In Egypt, Germany, Denmark, Portugal, Spain, and France. / He was the eldest Son of the late Admiral Sir G. Collier by his Wife Eliz. Fryer / And Godson and Great Nephew of the late Benjamin Collier, Esq. / Of Groton Place, in the County of Suffolk / This small Tribute to his Memory so inestimably dear and valued / His ever affectionate and afflicted Mother dedicates to her darling Son, / Taken from her in the Prime of Life and Glory, / At the Age of 31 Years.

War: Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, surname, regiment, date of death, manner of death, place of injury, relationships, age at death.
Order of names: Rank, surname, regiment, date of death, manner of death, place of injury, relationships, age at death.

Maker(s): Robert de Carle the younger of Bury St Edmunds, Sculptor

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Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

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