Entries in grey
are not obtained from documentary evidence, but
are inferred from content, context, etc.
Listed in the Imperial War Museum’s Register of War Memorials, reference
26114.
Date of manufacture and insertion
Number of lights
3
Maker
Not known
Main subject
Resurrection: Christ arises from the grave, with angels
Tracery subject
A1.
St Stephen
A2.
St Alban
Donor
Philip Melvill of Ethy, near Lostwithiel,
father of Lt Melvill
Dedicatee
Lt Teignmouth Melvill,
VCVictoria Cross
,
and
and Lt Nevill Josiah Aylmer Coghill,
VCVictoria Cross
,
both of the 1st Battalion, 24th Regiment of Foot,
died
after the battle of Isandlana.
Notes
Death of dedicatee
West Briton and Cornwall Advertiser p 5,
Memorial to Lt Melvill and Lt Coghill to be erected at Aldershot,
Western Morning News p 2,
Window in memory of Lt Coghill to be erected in Cork Cathedral,
Western Morning News p 3,
Photograph of dedicatee recovered from battlefield,
Royal Cornwall Gazette p 6.
Proposal to insert window
Cornish Telegraph p 4,
Cornishman p 6,
Royal Cornwall Gazette p 4.
Truro Diocesan Kalendar p 144 (). Heard & Sons, Truro (D/E/3/2, D/E/4/1)A Window erected by P. Melville, Esq., in memory of his son
Teignmouth, Lieut. and Adj. 24th Regiment, killed , after the battle of Isandlana, in saving the
colours of his regiment.