Chillianwallah Memorial - Royal Hospital Chelsea, Chelsea Embankment, London, UK
N 51° 29.147 W 000° 09.327
30U E 697491 N 5707685
The Chillianwallah Memorial commemorates the 1849 battle of that name during the Second Sikh War. The granite obelisk was unveiled in 1853 to commemorate the 251 lives that were lost. The monument's architect was C R Cokerell.
Waymark Code: WMPMDW
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 09/20/2015
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The Imperial War Museum database website lists this as memorial 39 and provides the following information:
Tall square obelisk surmounted by crown and gold painted globe. Names are inscribed on the shaft of the obelisk.
TO THE MEMORY OF
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-FIVE
OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES
OF THE XXIV REGIMENT
WHO FELL AT
CHILIANWALLA 13 JANUARY 1849
THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED
BY THEIR SURVIVING COMRADES
AD 1853
(Names)
1849 JAN XIII
The monument stands about twelve metres (40 feet) tall.