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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 40716 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 Robertson's Army service and death. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
TO THE MEMORY OF COLONEL GEORGE ROBERTSON (LATE COMMANDING H.M. CANADIAN REGIMENT) WHO DIED AT NEWPORT 25TH FEBRUARY, 1818, FROM THE EFFECTS OF AN INJURY RECEIVED WHEN ON SERVICE IN N. AMERICA, AGED 47. HE WAS EMPLOYED IN THE ACTIVE SERVICE OF HIS COUNTRY FROM 1793 TO 1815, THE CAMPAIGN IN HOLLAND UNDER H.R.H. THE DUKE OF YORK, THE REDUCTION OF THE WEST INDIA ISLANDS UNDER SIR RALPH ABERCROMBIE, FROM 1803 TO THE CLOSE OF THE WAR IN CANADA, N. AMERICA. ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF MARIA CLARA HIS WIFE, YOUNGEST DAUGHTER OF THE LATE J. CUTHBERT, ESQRE., CASTLE HILL, N.B. WHO DIED AT WEST COWES, MARCH 12TH, 1852 AGED 66. T.GAFFIN 69 REGENT ST, LONDON Further Information
Memorial plaque to his son George Abercromby Robertson (1854)
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