Location

At the English Heritage store, Fort Brockhurst, Gosport
 

Description

The memorial is in a very dirty condition and is broken into 4 pieces.
 

Memorial
Memorial to Paymaster Roberts and Ensign Prior
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
PAYMASTER ROBERTS 59TH REGIMENT
WHO DIED OF FEVER AT ANTIGUA
ON THE 16TH OF DECEMBER 1841 AGED 38 YEARS
ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF
ENSIGN PRIOR 59TH REGIMENT
WHO DIED ON THE 5TH FEBRUARY 1844
AGED 22 YEARS
FROM THE EFFECTS OF WOUNDS CAUSED BY AN
ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OF HIS GUN
WHILST SHOOTING NEAR THIS PLACE
THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED
BY THEIR BROTHER OFFICERS
AS A TOKEN OF THEIR ESTEEM

 
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