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Gilbert’s Monument

Other memorial · Bodmin, Cornwall

Gilbert’s Monument© AlanherbertCC BY-SA 4.0

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    Plaque. Photo: Rod Allday, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Bodmin, Cornwall
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Inscription

To the Memory of WALTER RALEIGH GILBERT Lieutenant General in the Bengal Army [...] and subsequently in 1849 in those of CHILLIANWALA and GOOJERAT in the PUNJAB [...] for which distinguished Services the Queen conferred on him the dignity of a Baronet and the Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath [...] AND THIS MONUMENT raised on this spot at the earnest request of his fellow townsmen of BODMIN has been erected by Companions in Arms and private Friends in testimony of their admiration of his eminent Public Services as a Soldier, and of their regard and respect for his Estimable Personal Qualities.

The name (1)

The names transcribed so far, in the order and spelling engraved. What the stone says about each person is beneath their name; nothing has been added from other records.

  1. Walter Raleigh Gilbert

    WALTER RALEIGH GILBERT

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    Gilbert’s Monument (Bodmin, Cornwall, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 1, "WALTER RALEIGH GILBERT"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2072/ : accessed 8 November 2026).

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