Monument to Captain Edmund Verney Wyatt-Edgell,killed in action at Ulundi,Zululand,4 July 1879

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Zulu war monument. Stanford on Avon, Northamptonshire. By Felix Joubert,1896

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Subject: monument wyatt - edgell Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:15 pm

hi oh2.
What a wonderful piece of sculpture , the captain would be impressed with this memorial.
cheers 90th.

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Captain Edmund Verney WYATT-EDGELL - 17th Lancers
John Young Collection

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Stanford Hall Church, Lutterworth, England

I only have a black and white photograph of the memorial. It was taken many years ago when I visted Lady Braye. The Captain's unifom is on display in Stanford Hall.

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Source flicker. Name of photographer on photo.

Hi

Thought this photo might be interesting for members to know about as there is a current thread on him.

It can be found in the chapel at Windsor Castle.

It reads

'To the Memory of The

Honourable Edmund Verney Wyatt-Edgell

Captain in Her Majesty's 17th Regt of Lancers

Eldest Son of Henrietta Fourth Baroness Braye

Born August 16 1845

Killed at the battle of Ulundi South Africa July 4. 1879'

Kate
Gardner 1879

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Natal Witness 13th November 1879
THE LATE CAPTAIN WYATT EDGELL- The remains of the distinguished officer, who fell at the battle of Ulundi in the Zulu War are on there way to England having left Fort Chelmsford on August 26th

» LIST of Officers and Men killed in action at the Camp, Isandhlwana Hill, Zululand, on the 22nd January, 1879.
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» The Story of the Zulu Campaign by Waller Ashe and E. V. Wyatt-Edgell