LIVES OF THE LIGHT BRIGADE
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Last modified 9 October 2026
Added 25.5.2017

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CRIMEA & INDIAN MUTINY MEMORIAL
TO WESTMINSTER SCHOLARS

[PB: A Saltren Willett's death is recorded on the Crimea and Indian Mutiny Memorial, erected 1859, to those educated at Westminster School, directly outside Westminster Abbey. It was designed by George Gilbert Scott with carvings by J. Birnie Philip (St Edward the Confessor, Henry III, Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria) and J.R. Clayton (George and the Dragon. Are there better photographs? Analyse the memorial in more detail? Why these royals?]

"To the memory of those educated at Westminster School who died in the Russian and Indian wars A.D.1854 - 1859 on the field of battle or from wounds or sickness, some in early youth, some full of years and honours but who all alike gave their lives for their country. This column was erected by their old schoolfellows in token of sorrow for their loss and of pride in their valour and in full assurance that the remembrance of their heroism in life and death will inspire their successors at Westminster with the same courage and self- devotion"