Victorian War Memorial photographed in Dover on 12 April 2014.
We had just arrived in Dover and I took the photograph as we were walking into the town centre for our evening meal in a local pub.
The memorial was erected shortly after the Indian Mutiny.
The inscription reads IN MEMORY OF COMRADES WHO FELL DURING THE INDIAN CAMPAIGNS OF 1857, 1858 AND 1859. ERECTED BY THE 1st BATTALION 60th ROYAL RIFLES AUGUST 1861.
The other faces are inscribed ROHILCUND, OUDE, DELHI - CELER ET AUDAX.
We had just arrived in Dover and I took the photograph as we were walking into the town centre for our evening meal in a local pub.
The memorial was erected shortly after the Indian Mutiny.
The inscription reads IN MEMORY OF COMRADES WHO FELL DURING THE INDIAN CAMPAIGNS OF 1857, 1858 AND 1859. ERECTED BY THE 1st BATTALION 60th ROYAL RIFLES AUGUST 1861.
The other faces are inscribed ROHILCUND, OUDE, DELHI - CELER ET AUDAX.
The King's Royal Rifle Corps was originally raised in colonial North America in 1755. Later known as the 60th Rifles and the King's Royal Rifle Corp the Regiment become part of the Royal Green Jackets in 1956.
The memorial has some shrapnel damage which occured during an air raid on 23 January 1916 when a German Seaplane dropped a number of bombs on the town. One of the bombs landed in a street close to the monument causing a number of chips to the stonework.
The memorial has some shrapnel damage which occured during an air raid on 23 January 1916 when a German Seaplane dropped a number of bombs on the town. One of the bombs landed in a street close to the monument causing a number of chips to the stonework.
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