BG Andrew Champion, British Army -- Bath Abbey, Bath, Somerset, UK
N 51° 22.858 W 002° 21.497
30U E 544659 N 5692386
The memorial to Brigadier General Andrew Champion of the British Army, who served as Commander in Chief of India and defeated the Afghans in the Rohilla war, at Bath Abbey
Waymark Code: WMT98T
Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/18/2016
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The waymark coordinates are for the main door to the Bath Abbey. GPS receivers will not work inside the Abbey.
This memorial to Brigadier General Andrew Champion (carved when he was a Colonel) stands in a place of honour inside the Great West Doors at Bath Abbey.
BG Champion served as an officer in the British Army assigned to the British East India Company, where he was appointed Commander In Chief of India and led a combined force of Indian troops and British army officers to victory against the Afghan Army in the Rohilla War.
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"ALEXANDER CHAMPION
Died: 15 March 1793
Allegiance: Kingdom of Great Britain
Service/branch: British Army
Rank: Brigadier General
Commands held: Indian Army
Battles/wars: Rohilla War"
The elaborately carved memorial reads as follows:
"COLONEL ALEXANDER CHAMPION
Died March 15, 1793
His memory remains!
Not less adorned, exalted, and endeared by domestic Virtues than by professional abilities.
He rose, in the course of 20 years active service in India, to the chief command of the company’s troops in Bengal.
And in the various situations wherein he held that honor, his zeal, his courage, and success, were ever tempered by humanity.
In private life, those who knew him well best can speak!
The esteem which was born him testifies his worth.
He was in manners plain, open, and unaffected.
Possessing a sincerity of soul Heightened by benevolence, and enlarged by hospitality."