Memorial

Trumpet Major W Smith

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Current Location

St John the Baptist, Church Hill, Knutsford, Macclesfield, Cheshire, WA16 6DH, England

SJ 75242 78562

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 2169
Description: Headstone erected circa 1992 in memory of 19th Crimean War soldier whose death was originally described as suicide. This was reconsidered to have been an accidental overdose of medication.
Inscription: BURIED IN THIS CHURCHYARD/ 1586 TRUMPET-MAJOR/ WILLIAM SMITH/ 11TH HUSSARS (PAO)/ AND EARL OF CHESTER'S/ YEOMANRY CAVALRY/ HONOUR THE LIGHT BRIGADE/ ONE OF THE NOBLE 600/ BORN 1822 DIED 16 11. 1879

War: Crimean War (1853-1856)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, middle name, surname, honorific, regiment

Altar

Made from: Stone - Portland

Condition: Good