Memorial No. 269
Surname(s)OSWALD, AYNSLEY
Memorial Type (1)5 Mounted on wall in enclosure
Number Commemorated 2
MaterialSandstone
Stonemason 
Number of Components 1
Condition of Monument (3)1 Sound, in situ
Condition of Inscription (4)3 Mainly decipherable
Dimensions in mmH 1550 x W 950 x D 45
Orientation (2)1
Faces Inscribed (2)1
Technique of InscriptionInscribed
Inscription 1
IN MEMORY OF GENERAL SIR JOHN OSWALD OF DUNNIKIER
KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF THE BATH
KNIGHT GRAND CROSS OF THE ORDER OF ST MICHAEL AND ST GEORGE AND COLONEL OF THE 35TH REG.
Inscription 2

THIS DISTINGUISED OFFICER, OLDEST SURVIVING SON OF J T OSWALD ESQ, SERVED HIS COUNTRY DURING THE WARS OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION. HE COMMANDED THE EXPEDITION WHICH TOOK SIX OF THE IONIAN ISLANDS FROM THE FRENCH AND WAS IN MANY OF THE ENGAGEMENTS DURING THE PENINSULAR WAR. AFTER AN ACTIVE LIFE HE SPENT THE EVENING OF HIS DAYS AT DUNNIKIER, BELOVED BY HIS FAMILY, RESPECTED AND ADMIRED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
OBLIT MDCCCXL AETAT. LXIX
ALSO IN MEMORY OF CHARLOTTE HIS WIFE,
ELDEST DAUGHTER OF THE REVD LORD CHARLES MURRAY AYNSLEY OF LITTLE HARLE TOWER, NORTHUMBERLAND. BORN 1795. DIED 1827
LEAVING A NUMEROUS FAMILY TO LAMENT THEIR EARLY LOSS.
"BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD"



THIS STONE IS ERECTED BY THEIR SON J T OSWALD IN MEMORY OF HIS PARENTS, WHOSE REMAINS ARE INTERRED ALONG WITH AN INFANT DAUGHTER IN A VAULT UNDER PATHHEAD CHURCH.
Notes

(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 12/10/2008 by ROSEMARY POTTER