Memorial

90th Light Infantry (Perthshire Volunteers), (Crimea)

90th Light Infantry Memorial - Crimea

Source: © Gilmour Strang

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On the east wall of the South choir aisle, St John's Kirk, St John's Place, Perth, Perth And Kinross, Tayside, PH1 5SZ, Scotland

OS Grid Reference

NO 11943 23544

Denomination

Church of Scotland

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 2101
Description: A pyramidal tablet resting on a plinth. Tablet features a wreath at top and at the foot the regimental badge - a hunting horn and the Roman numerals XC. On the upper part in high relief are carved figures of an officer to the left and a colour sergeant to the right, supporting a scroll with the inscription. In the background there is a shattered column (of Sebastapol- part of the name is shown), flanked by the colours and surmounted by the regimental emblem: the sphinx, with 'Egypt' underneath. At the foot of the figures are the Russian standards and other trophies of the war.
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF/THEIR COMRADES/WHO FELL DURING/THE CRIMEAN WAR/1854-1855/AND AS A TRIBUTE/TO THEIR GALLANTRY/THIS MONUMENT/IS ERECTED/BY THE OFFICERS OF/ H.M. 90th/LIGHT INFANTRY/PERTHSHIRE VOLUNTEERS/ AD MDCCCLVII. Bottom Section- [names]/ALSO TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY FOUR/NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES WHO FELL IN THE/GALLANT DISCHARGE OF THEIR DUTY TO THEIR QUEEN AND COUNTRY

War: Crimean War (1853-1856)
Number Commemorated: 5
Died: 5
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age

Maker(s): Samuel Manning Jr., Designer
Samuel Manning Jr., Sculptor

Ceremonies

Unveiled: 1857

Components

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Plinth

Made from: Marble - Sicilian

Condition: Good

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90th Light Infantry (Perthshire Volunteers), (Crimea)

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90th Light Infantry (Perthshire Volunteers), (Crimea)

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