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Location
In St Mary's Church, Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, PO30 1SS. IWM War Memorials Archive Record Link : War Memorials Archive Reference 40715 Historic England Listing Status St Mary's Church is Listed Grade I. Since the Memorial forms part of the fittings of the Church, it is assumed to be covered by the Listing. Description A private memorial plaque detailing Colonel Dennie's service and death in India. |
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Memorial
From the Hampshire Advertiser, 9 Sep 1843 |
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF COLONEL WILLIAM HENRY DENNIE OF CLATTERFORD, IN THIS PARISH, AIDE-DE-CAMP TO THE QUEEN, LIEUTENANT-COLONEL OF THE 13TH OR PRINCE ALBERT'S REGIMENT OF LIGHT INFANTRY, AND COMPANION OF THE BATH. THE SAME PAGE OF HISTORY WHICH RECORDS SUCCESSES OF THE BRITISH ARMS AT GHUZNEE, BAMEEAN, AND JELLALABAD, WILL PROCLAIM THE HISTORIC ZEAL WITH WHICH HE SERVED HIS QUEEN AND COUNTRY. HE FELL ON THE FIELD OF VICTORY APRIL 7TH 1842, AGED 52 YEARS. AFAR FROM CHRISTIAN LANDS, HIS MORTAL REMAINS SLEEP WITHIN THE LINES OF THE NOW DISMANTLED FORTRESS OF JELLALABAD, AWAITING THE RESURRECTION OF THE JUST. "AND HE SHALL SEND HIS ANGELS WITH A GREAT SOUND OF A TRUMPET, AND THEY SHALL GATHER TOGETHER HIS ELECT FROM THE FOUR WINDS, FROM ONE END OF HEAVEN TO THE OTHER." Acknowledgments Thanks to Tony Bevis for the newspaper cutting. |