St Mary's Churchyard - Lutterworth

Indian Mutiny

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  • Listing Status: Not Individually Listed
  • District: Harborough
  • Parish: Lutterworth

Slate gravestone with incised lettering

View Further Details Memorial Type:Gravestone, Family Ref: WMP1606 Other Designation: Conservation Area Information Sources: S Turner Website Links: http://www.lutterworthwarmemorials.co.uk...

Location

St Mary's Churchyard - Lutterworth
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Inscription Reads

SACRED
TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM SON OF
JOHN AND MARY WEST
OF THIS TOWN
WHO DIED SEPTEMBER 2ND 1858
AGED 27 YEARS
HE WAS SERGEANT IN THE EI COMPANY
OF SAPPERS AND MINERS, WAS AT THE
FIRST BATTLE IN THE INDIAN MUTINY AT
GARDENUZZAR, WAS AT THE TAKING OF
DELHI, THE RELIEF OF CAWNPORE AND
THE TAKING OF LUCKNOW. AFTER PASSING
UNHURT THROUGH ALL THE INDIAN
MUTINY, HE WAS APPOINTED ONE OF
THE INSPECTORS OF PUBLIC WORKS AT
LUCKNOW, WHICH SITUATION HE HELD
TO THE TIME OF HIS DEATH
WHOM NEITHER SWORD NOR GUN IN WARR
COULD SLAY, IN PEACE A COUGH DID MARR
GAINST REBELS HE, AND DUST AND SIN
BOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT, DIED LIFE TO WIN

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Name Rank Unit Batt Died West - William Sergeant Ei Company 02/09/1858