Memorial No. | 105 |
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Surname(s) | OSWALD |
Memorial Type (1) | 2 |
Number Commemorated | 1 |
Material | Stone, Sandstone |
Stonemason | |
Number of Components | 1 |
Condition of Monument (3) | 1 Sound, in situ. 3 from North Wall, level with Session House window. |
Condition of Inscription (4) | 2 Clear but worn, some flaking at bottom |
Dimensions in mm | H 1090 x W 745 x D 90 |
Orientation (2) | 2 |
Faces Inscribed (2) | 2 |
Technique of Inscription | Incised |
Inscription 1 | TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUT. COLONEL ROBERT OSWALD COMPANION OF THE BATH YOUNGEST SON OF J.T. OSWALD ESQR. OF DUNNIKIER. BORN 1784. DIED 1848. HE COMMANDED THE GREEK LIGHT INFANTRY AND WAS WOUNDED AT THE TAKING OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS. |
Inscription 2 | IN LATER LIFE, HE DEVOTED HIMSELF TO COUNTRY PURSUITS; AND WAS ESTEEMED AND RESPECTED BY HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS. |
(1) : 1 Flat, 2 Head, 3 Tomb, 4 Foot, 5. Other
(2) : 1 North, 2 North East, 3 East, 4 South East, 5 South, 6 South West, 7 West, 8 North West
(3) : 1 Sound in situ, 2 Sound displaced, 3 Leaning or falling apart, 4 collapsed, 5 Overgrown
(4) : 1 Mint, 2 Clear but worn, 3 Mainly decipherable, 4 Traces, 5 Illegible or destroyed
Information recorded 27/06/1983 by W & E MATHIESON
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