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    Memorial

    Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Peninsula War

    KOYLI Peninsula War 1808-1814

    Source: Copyright Paul Clarke

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    Current Location

    Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry Chapel, York Minster, Deangate, York, York, North Yorkshire, YO1 7JA, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SE 60331 52179

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Rees Wells

    • Owen McCarthy

    • John Fitton

    • Thomas Butcher

    • James Downs

    • Daniel Lane

    • Thomas Doyle

    • John Minskull

    • John Braund

    • James Ball

    • Samuel Utting

    • John Hanger

    • Joseph Beecham

    • William Sorrell

    • Richard Forrister

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    30473
    Description
    RECTANGULAR WHITE MARBLE TABLET SET WITHIN A ORNATE BLACK STONE FRAME IT IS SUPPORTED BY TWO MARBLE SHAFTS OF FLORIATED DESIGN WHICH SUPPORT A CORNICE. INSCRIPTION IN GOLD LETTERING AND BATTLE HONOURS IN BLACK LETTERING ON THE COLUMNS DECORATIVE BRONZE DIE AT THE BASE WITH SMALL ROUND GLASS CASE SET WITHIN IT WITH PENINSULA MEDAL WITH EIGHT CLASPS SET WITHIN IT
    Inscription
    THIS MEMORIAL WAS ERECTED IN 1913 BY/ THE KINGS OWN YORKSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY/ TO THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS AND NON/ COMMISSIONED OFFICERS OF THE 51ST/ LIGHT INFANTRY WHO LOST THEIR LIVES FOR/ THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WARS OF 1808 - 1814/ (NAMES)/ ALSO 640 RANK AND FILE OF THE/ REGIMENT WHOSE NAMES INSCRIBED ON A PARCHMENT ROLL ARE DEPOSITED WITH/ THE MINSTER AUTHORITIES
    War
    Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
    Number Commemorated
    43
    Died
    43
    Information shown
    rank,forename, surname, regiment
    Maker(s)
    • SIR WALTER TAPPER RA, Designer

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    31st March 1913

    GENERAL SIR ARTHUR WYNNE KCB

    Components

    Detail

    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Tablet

    Made from: Marble - White


    Condition: Good


    • Published:Friends of York Minster October 2000