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    Memorial

    Wray Family

    Brass plaque commemorating the Wray family

    Source: copyright CLPenn

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    Current Location

    IN THE LADY CHAPEL UNDER THE EAST WINDOW, St Andrew's Church, Church Bank, Aysgarth, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, DL8 3SR, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 01211 88537

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • George Wray

    • Christopher Wright Wray

    • Octavius Wray

    • Thomas Fawcet Wray

    • Ann Fawcett

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    30070
    Description
    Brass plaque
    Inscription
    To the memory of George Wray of Thoralby Town Head in this parish Esquire who died 14th October 1806 aged 50 and Ann his wife who died 17th March 1795 aged 28 also of their eight sons and the wives and children who died before 1871 of such of/ their sons as were married namely 1. George Wray of Cleasby in this county Captain Bengal European Regiment born 1785 died 1838, Isabella his widow died 1848 and their third son Christopher Wright Wray H.M. 87th Royal Irish Fusiliers Surgeon/ born 1825 killed by an avalanche in the valley of Wurdhum in Cashmere 1853 unmarried. 2. Thomas Wray born 1785 died in infancy. 3. Thomas Fawcet Wray Lieut. H.M. 7th Fusiliers born 1786 killed at the storming of Badajos 1812 unmarried. 4. Jonathan Wray born 1787/ died 1801 unmarried. 5. John WRAY born 1788 died 1810 unmarried. 6. James Taylor Wray of Cliff Lodge near Leyburn in this county Esquire born 1790 died 1845 and Sarah his first wife died 1827 also Julia his widow died 1860. 7. Septimus Wray/ of Brixton in the county of Surrey M.D.M.R.C.P. Lond. Born 1792 died 1869 his first wife Frances died 1846 and their daughter Fanny Julia born 1831 died 1852 unmarried. 8 Octavius WRAY Surgeon Bengal European Regiment born 1793/ died at Agra in the East Indies, 1836, Sarah his widow died 1870 and their eldest daughter Anne Fawcet “The Heroine of Cawnpore” wife of George William Fraser Captain 27th Bengal Native Infantry died at Cawnpore in the East Indies 1857.
    War
    Military Service
    Number Commemorated
    2
    Died
    2
    Information shown
    surname, year of birth, year died, place of death, forename, manner of death, relationships
    War
    Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname, rank,year died, regiment, place of death, forename, manner of death, relationships, additional, year of birth
    War
    Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname, forename, year died,place of death,relationships
    War
    East India Company Campaigns (1757-1858)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname, forenames, rank, regiment, year of death, year of birth, relationships

    Components

    Memorial

    Made from: Brass


    Condition: Good


    • http://www.pipspatch.com/2013/12/06/aysgarth-church-and-the-heroine-of-cawnpore/ (accessed 01/10/2024)
    • WMR memorial Id 110367 for Thomas Fawcet Wray