Monument lately erected in Lichfield Cathedral, to the 80th Regiment of Foot, 1850. Creator: Unknown

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Monument lately erected in Lichfield Cathedral, to the 80th Regiment of Foot, 1850. Creator: Unknown

Monument lately erected in Lichfield Cathedral, [Lichfield, Staffordshire], to the 80th Regiment of Foot, 1850. The work is from the chisel of Peter Hollins, and consists of a black marble tomb, of Egyptian architecture, surmounted by an Egyptian sphinx, in white marble...an ample military trophy...the arms of the present Field-Marshal, the Marquis of Anglesey, founder of the regiment...'. The inscription lists the names of...the brave officers and men of the 80th Regiment of Foot, or Staffordshire Volunteers...who fell in the actions of Moodkee, Buddewal, Allewal, Ferozesha, and Sobraon, including those who subsequently died from the effects of their wounds, when serving with the army of the Sutlej in India'. The Battle of Sobraon, during the First Anglo-Sikh War, was fought on 10 February 1846, between the forces of the East India Company and the army of the Sikh Empire of the Punjab. From "Illustrated London News", 1850

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