Capt J E L Jervis, 4th Viscount St Vincent

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Reference WMO/138680

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St Peter's Church

Church Drive

Norton Disney

LN6 9JX

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Afghanistan (1800-1899)
  • Boer War, First (1880-1881)
  • Egypt and the Sudan (1882-1899)
  • Zulu Wars (1879)
About the memorial: Captain Jervis fought at Ulundi and Tel-el-Kebir before dying of his wounds at Abouklea in 1885 while serving against the Mahdi in the Heavy Camel Corps.
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THIS TABLET/ IS ERECTED BY SORROWING RELATIVES TO THE LOVING MEMORY OF/ JOHN EDWARD LEVESON JERVIS 4TH VISCOUNT ST VINCENT/ CAPTAIN, 16TH LANCERS, BORN 3RD APRIL 1850, DIED 23RD JANUARY 1885/ FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED AT THE BATTLE OF ABOUKLEA 17TH JANAURY 1885/ THIS GALLANT AND BRAVE OFFICER WAS APPOINTED/ CORNET 7TH HUSSARS MARCH 1871 AND PROMOTED CAPTAIN 16TH LANCERS FEBRUARY 1881/ HE SERVED IN THE ZULU WAR OF 1879/ AS ORDERLY TO MAJOR-GENERAL MARSHALL AND WAS PRESENT WITH THE 17TH LANCERS/ IN THE ENGAGEMENTS AT ZUINGUIN AND ULUNDI/ FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED A MEDAL WITH CLASP/ HE SERVED AS ORDERLY OFFICER TO BRIGADIER-GENERAL MACGREGOR AGAINST THE MARREES/ IN SOUTH ARGHANISTAN 1880 WHEN HE WAS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES AND RECEIVED A MEDAL/ HE SERVED IN THE BOER WAR OF 1881 AS ADJUTANT TO THE MOUNTED INFANTRY/ AND IN THE EGYPTIAN WAR OF 1882, AS AIDE-DE-CAMP TO MAJOR-GENERAL DRURY-LOWE,/ WAS PRESENT AT THE BATTLE OF TEL-EL-KEBIR, AND THE CAPTURE OF CAIRO,/ FOR WHICH HE WAS MENTIONED IN DESPATCHES, RECEIVED A MEDAL 4TH CLASS/ OF THE MEDJIDIE, AND KHEDIVES STAR./ AT THE TIME OF HIS LAMENTED DEATH/ HE WAS SERVING IN THE HEAVY CAMEL CORPS AGAINST THE MAHDI IN THE SOUDAN/ "THE MEMORY OF THE JUST IS BLESSED."/ PROVERBS X.7

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