55th (Westmorland) Regiment of Foot

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Reference WMO/122052

Address:

Holy Trinity Church

Kirkland

Kendal

LA9 5AL

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
  • Other Canvas
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
About the memorial: Wall mounted brass plaque and colours, at the west end of the south wall of the Border Regiment Chapel (WMO/259543). The marble tablet in memory of the men is at the totally other end of the Church and is WMO/259548
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Upper Plaque (In the centre are the Battle Honours on the leaves of a tree)- Left Hand Edge- THESE COLOURS WERE BORNE BY THE LV REGIMENT OF FOOT FROM MDCCM TO MDCCMIV AT ST DOMINGO IN THE WEST; Top Edge- INDIES AND AT BERGEN-OP-ZOOM IN HOLLAND AND FROM; Right Hand Edge- THE YEAR MDCCMIV TO MDCCL AT THE SEVERAL PLACES IN THE EAST INDIES AND IN CHINA WHICH ARE INSCRIBED ON THIS BRASS; Bottom Edge- THESE WERE FINALLY DEPOSITED AT THIS CHURCH MAY 13 MMDCCCL; Lower Plaque- THE COLOURS REFERRED TO ABOVE WERE PLACED OVER THE WEST/DOOR OF THE NORTH AISLE OCTOBER 26TH 1888; AT THE SAME TIME/WERE DEPOSITED THE COLOURS BORNE BY THE 55TH REGIMENT FROM/1850 TO 1888; AND THE TWO OLD COLOURS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY/WHICH HAVING BEEN MISSING WERE FOUND IN 1888 AND GIVEN/TO THE OFFICERS BY LORD ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL TO BE PLACED WITH/THE OTHER COLOURS OF THE REGIMENT/ THE DRAGOON FLAG CAPTURED AT TINGSHAE, CHUSAN, CHINA/IN 1841 WAS DEPOSITED HERE 18TH JULY 1874.

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