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Location
At St Catherine's Down, north of Chale, Isle of Wight See map on www.streetmap.co.uk National Inventory of War Memorials Record Link : NIWM Reference 20865 Description The Hoy Monument, or Alexandrian column, is 72 ft high. It was erected by Michael Hoy, a merchant who lived at The Hermitage, in commemoration of the visit to England by Tsar Alexander I of Russia, in 1814. It bears an additional plaque to the memory of a British regiment which served in the Crimean War. The monument was refurbished in 1992, and the plaque to Tsar Alexander I recut. The unveiling took place in the presence of His Excellency the Russian ambassador, Mr. Boris Pankin. The new plaque was supplied by Wight Stonemasonry Ltd, and cut by Andrew Morris of Niton. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE VISIT OF HIS IMPERIAL MAJESTY ALEXANDER THE IST EMPEROR OF ALL THE RUSSIAS To GREAT BRITAIN in the year 1814 In remembrance of many happy Years Residence in his Dominions This PILLAR was erected by MICHAEL HOY THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED BY WILLIAM HENRY DAWES LATE LIEUTENANT OF H.M. 22ND REGT. IN HONOR OF THOSE BRAVE MEN OF THE ALLIED ARMIES WHO FELL ON THE ALMA, AT INKERMAN AND AT THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL. A.D. 1857. Further Information William Henry Dawes was born in St Helens, Isle of Wight in about 1807. Nothing is currently known about his Army service in the Crimean War. He married Harriette Jacob Toomer of Godshill in 1850 when he was 43 and she was 26. By 1861 he and his wife were living at "Wydcome", Whitwell with two servants. He is shown as a "Retired Military Officer. Land" indicating that they had income from landholdings. He died in 1863. Harriette Jacob Dawes died in London in 1884. |
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