Memorial: M3651

Memorial at Southsea, Portsmouth to HMS ‘Shannon’s’ Naval Brigade who died during the Indian Mutiny 1857-1858

Location

Southsea seafront, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England

Transcript

[North side] 'SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / CAPTN. SIR WILLIAM PEEL K.C.B / CAPTN. THOS. GREY / MR. M.P. GARVEY MATE / MR H.A. DANIEL MID. / THE SEAMEN AND MARINES / OF THE SHANNON NAVAL BRIGADE / WHO FELL WHILST EMPLOYED IN / N.W. PROVINCES OF INDIA AD 1857 / AS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR GALLANTRY / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / BY THE OFFICERS AND CREW / OF HMS SHANNON / 1860' [East side] 'KILLED IN ACTION / 2 OFFICERS 6 SEAMEN 2 MARINES / DIED OF WOUNDS / 9 SEAMAN 1 MARINE / DIED OF DISEASE / 2 OFFICERS 34 SEAMEN 3 MARINES / COME WE BLESSED OF MY FATHER / INHERIT THE KINGDOM PREPARED / FOR YOU FROM THE FOUNDATION OF / THE WORLD' [South side] 'THIS TROPHY IS MADE FROM A GUN / CAPTURED AT LUCKNOW / AND PRESENTED / TO THE SHANNON BRIGADE / BY GEN. LORD CLYDE G.C.B. / COMMANDER IN CHIEF / OF THE ARMY' [West side] 'THE SHANNON'S NAVAL BRIGADE / WITH 6 8 INCH GUNS AND / FOUR FIELD PIECES / LEFT CALCUTTA / FOR THE N.W. PROVINCE / AUG 12 1857 / RELIEF OF LUCKNOW NOV 1857 / DEFEAT OF THE GWALIOR CONTINGENT / DEC 1857 / BATTLE OF KALLEE-NUDDEE / JAN 1858 / CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW MARCH 1858 / AND RETURNED TO THE SHANNON AUG 1858'

Details

Description: Granite plinth with frieze of scallop shells and egg and dart moulding round the top, bronze trophies above. Four cannon embedded in the plinth.
Type: Memorial
Materials: Bronze, granite
Date Erected: 1860
Vessel: HMS Shannon

Event

Indian Mutiny

Event Date

1857-1858

Event Category

19th century conflicts in Asia

People

Daniel, M. A.
Age:
Date of Death: 1857-1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Garvey, Henry .P.
Age:
Date of Death: 1857-1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Midshipman
Organisation: Royal Navy
Grey, Thomas
Age:
Date of Death: 1857-1858
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RM
Organisation: Royal Marines
Peel, William

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Extra

Notes: Trophy made from a gun captured at Lucknow and presented to the Shannon Brigade by Lord Clyde. Sir William Peel, Victoria Cross winner. Moved a short distance east in 2005.
Bibliography: www.memorials.inportsmouth.co.uk
Recorder: David Saunders
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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