Memorial plaque to Col. Charles Edward Torriano C.B., at the west end of All Saints' church, East Budleigh. It consists of a rectangular brass plaque with a double thin line border infilled with a floriated design. Above the inscription, the Royal Artillery Engineers cypher, and motto 'UBIQUE'. The dedication is in black lettering.
The inscription reads -
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND THE BELOVED MEMORY OF
CHARLES EDWARD TORRIANO, C.B.
LATE COLONEL ROYAL ARTILLERY
ONLY SON OF CAPt CHARLES STRANGEWAYS TORRIANO.
ROYAL ARTILLERY
AND OF MARY ELIZABETH TORRIANO HIS WIFE.
BORN 6th JULY 1833 - DIED 24th JANy 1908.
HE SERVED FROM THE 1st OCTOBER 1854 TO
THE 19th AUGUST 1855 IN THE TRENCHES
BEFORE SEBASTAPOL, INCLUDING THE BATTLE
OF INKERMAN. BOMBARDMENTS OF 17th
OCTOBER, 9th APRIL, 6th AND 17th OF JUNE.
MEDAL WITH TWO CLASPS. KNIGHT OF THE
LEGION OF HONOUR AND TURKISH MEDAL.
SERVED IN INDIA IN 1857 AND '58. WAS
PRESENT AT THE ACTION OF PANDORA.
STORM AND CAPTURE OF LUCKNOW AND
CAPTURES OF THE FORTS OF DEHNIA AND
TIROL IN OUDE. MEDAL WITH CLASP AND
MADE C.B. JULY 1907
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THIS TABLET IS PLACED IN MOST LOVING REMEMBRANCE
BY HIS SISTER CAROLINE TORRIANO"Charles Edward Torriano married Mary Elizabeth Sanders, daughter of J B Sanders, Esq, 27 Apr 1866, Exeter, Devon, England
A daughter Ella Mary Caroline was baptised in Natal, South Africa, 11 Mar 1868
In 1891 he (with name miss-spelled as Torrians) was living in Redcliffe Gardens, Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom: Charles Edwd Torrians Head Male 57 Devonshire, England
Mary E Torrians Wife Female 53 Devonshire, England
Ella Torrians Daughter Female 23 * Natal British Subject
A colonel in the Royal Artillery. In 1901 he was living at Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom with his wife Mary, children and servants:
Charles Edward Torriano Head Male 67 Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire
Mary E Torriano Wife Female 63 Exeter, Devonshire
Charles F Torriano Son Male 30 Cape Town Sth Africa
Lucy F Torriano Daughter Female 25 Budleigh Salterton, Devonshire
Minnie Lockyer Servant Female 25 Bristol, Somersetshire
Emily Lawrence Servant Female 22 London
Marjory Ashdown Servant Female 22 Down, Kent
In 1907 Colonel Charles Edward Torriano, Retired Pay, late Royal Artillery was awarded Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB), civil division
He died 24 Jan 1908, London"
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