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Location
In St Boniface (new) Church, Bonchurch, Ventnor, Isle of Wight, PO38 1NX. IWM War Memorials Archive Record Memorial is not listed by the IWM War Memorials Archive Record Historic England Listing Status St Boniface Church is Grade II Listed. Since the War Memorial is situated within the Church, is it assumed that it is included within the Listing. Description and history A marble plaque set in the wall of the Church |
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Memorial
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Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JOSEPH PEEL SECOND SON OF EDMUND AND MARIA PEEL BORN AT SHANKLIN 12TH OF SEPT 1823 LIEUT. IN THE 37TH BENGAL N. INFANTRY, AND 2ND IN COMMAND OF THE 1ST SIKH LIGHT INFTY. HE FELL, STORMING THE HEIGHTS OF DULLAH, ON THE 16TH OF JANUARY 1849 AND DIED THE NEXT DAY AT NOORPOOR WHERE HE LIES BURIED. HE FOUGHT IN THE FIELDS OF MOODKEE, FEROZESHUHUR AND SOBRAON ON THE STAFF OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL 1845 - 46 AND AS A VOLUNTEER AT THE SIEGE OF MOULTAN 1848 HE WAS A BRAVE SOLDIER : HIS LIFE CLOSED IN HONOUR AND IN CHRISTIAN PEACE. HIS TOMB, REARED BY HIS COMRADES, IS AFAR OFF ! THIS MARBLE IS PLACED AMID THE SCENES OF HIS CHILDHOOD NEAR THE HOME OF HIS AFFECTIONS TO MARK THE LOVE OF HIS FAMILY AND THE SORROW OF HIS FRIENDS. Further information
Attended Tonbridge School from 1834. |