Lieut. William Edward Torriano - All Saints - East Budleigh, Devon
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Memorial plaque to Lieut. William Edward Torriano, at the west end of the south aisle, All Saints' church, East Budleigh.
Waymark Code: WM15G0Y
Location: Southern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/31/2021
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Memorial plaque to Lieut. William Edward Torriano, at the west end of the south aisle, All Saints' church, East Budleigh. It consists of a rectangular brass plaque with black lettering and occasional red first letter. The border has a black trim with a thinner black line on the inside.
The inscription reads -
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND TO THE MEMORY OF
WILLIAM EDWARD TORRIANO
LIEUT 71st REGt HIGHLAND LIGHT INFANTRY
3rd SON OF
CAPTn CHARLES TORRIANO
XXXth REFt OF FOOT
AND HESTER DE LA FAUSILLE, HIS WIFE
BORN AT MOUNT ROY, WELLS, SOMERSET
14th JULY 1793
DIED AT BUDLEIGH SALTERTON
5th FEBy 1862.
HER SERVED FROM 1810 TO 1814 IN THE PENINSULAR WAR UNDER
THE GREAT DUKE OF WELLINGTON, WAS THREE TIMES WOUNDED
AND WAS PRESENT AT THE ACTIONS OF ARROYO DES MOLINOS,
ALMARAZ, COVERING ARMY AT BADAJOS VITTORIA, NIVE,
BAYONNE, URT, St PALAIS, ORTHES, AIRE, TARBES, TOULOUSE,
AND MANY MINOR AFFAIRS, AND FINALLY FOUGHT AT THE BATTLE
OF WATERLOO, WAS PRESENT AT THE SURRENDER OF PARIS
AND WAS WITH THE ARMY OF OCCUPATION IN FRANCE.
ALSO OF
GEORGINA, SOPHIE HIS WIFE
WIDOW OF CAPTn JAMES HUNT
26th REGt (THE CAMERONIANS)
SHE DIED AT MILAN 7th JANy 1878 AGED 84
ALSO OF
FREDERIC GORE TORRIANO
2nd SON OF
CAPTn CHARLES TORRIANO
XXXth REGt OF FOOT
AND HESTER DE LA FAUSILLE, HIS WIFE.
HE DIED YOUNG AT ANTIGUA OF YELLOW FEVER
WHEN A MIDSHIPMAN OF H.M. SHIP CARYSFORT.
___________________
THIS TABLET IS PLACED HERE BY
COLONEL TORRIANO AND CAROLINE TORRIANO.
THEIR NEPHEW AND NIECE
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