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Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial
Gillespie Memorial

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A very tall square plan pillar on a three-stepped base, topped with the subject dressed in ceremonial military uniform, a sheathed sword in his right hand, standing on a circular plinth, and each face of the pillar with five recesses with inscriptions. The pedestal bears an inscribed plaque and lettering on the front and back faces, and on the right face a relief of military standards with a shield and on the left face a relief of several Masonic symbols.
Title

Gillespie Memorial

Medium

sandstone

Measurements

H 1676 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

BT23_AL_S026

Work type

Statue

Work status

extant

Listing status

B1 (Northern Ireland)

Unveiling date

24th June 1845

Listing date

04/03/77

Access

at all times

Inscription description

inscribed on the plaque on the front of the pedestal: ROBERT ROLLO GILLESPIE. / MAJOR-GENERAL, AND KNIGHT COMMANDER OF THE MOST / HONORABLE MILITARY ORDER OF THE BATH. / BORN AT COMBER. A.D. 1766; / AFTER A BRIEF BUT GLORIOUS CAREER, / FELL IN BATTLE BEFORE THE FORTRESS OF KALUNGA, 24TH OCTOBER, 1814. / HIS LAST WORDS WERE - / "ONE SHOT MORE FOR THE HONOR OF DOWN!" / A MONUMENT AT MEERUT IN THE EAST MARKS THE GRAVE WHERE HIS ASHES REST / A STATUE IN THE CATHEDRAL OF SAINT PAUL IN THE CITY OF LONDON, / VOTED BY BOTH HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT, ATTESTS THE GRATITUDE OF THE NATION - / HIS OWN COUNTRYMEN, / PROUD OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH HAVE SHED LUSTRE UPON HIS NATIVE LAND, / WITH A FEW OF HIS OLD COMPANIONS IN ARMS, HAVE RAISED THIS COLUMN / WITHIN THAT COUNTY WHICH CLAIMED HIS LATEST REMEMBRANCE, / TO PERPETUATE HIS MEMORY AT THE PLACE OF HIS BIRTH.; and inscribed on the plaque at the back: THIS TABLET / HAVING REMAINED BLANK SINCE THE ERECTION OF THE MONUMENT IN 1845, / IT SEEMS FITTING TO THE MASONIC BODY AND TOWNSMEN OF COMBER, TO RECORD / ON IT THAT THE BRILLANT (sic) REPUTATION OF SIR ROLLO, WAS MOST WORTHILY / MAINTAINED BY HIS GRANDSON. / MAJOR-GENERAL ROBERT ROLLO GILLESPIE, C.B. / WHO FOR OVER 40 YEARS SERVED HIS COUNTRY, / WITH THE SAME BRAVERY AND FIDELITY AS HIS ILLUSTRIOUS ANCESTOR, / AND WON DISTINCTION AT THE FOLLOWING PLACES / RESHIRE, BUSHIRE, KOOSAB, KOLARORE, ELMAGFAR, / TEL-EL MAHUTA, KASSASSIN, TEL-EL KEBIR, BIKANIR. / HE DIED ON THE 17TH NOV. 1890, IN COMMAND OF THE / MHOW DIVISION OF THE BOMBAY ARMY. / JOHN FRAZER COUNTY SURVEYOR / WILLIAM WALKER ARCHITECT / INSPECTORS; and in raised lettering in the recesses on the pillar reading downwards on the front face: JAVA / VELLORE / PALIMBANG / DJOEJOCARTA / KALUNGA; on the right face: TIBURON / ST LUCIA / BIZOTTON / FORT CORNELIS / PORT AU PRINCE; on the left face: PUNJAB / SUMATRA / BANGALORE / WALTERVREDEN / ?FORT ?EL HOPITAL; and on the back face: BANCA / BATAVIA / ST DOMINGO / DEYRAH DOON / ?? ST NICHOLAS; and on the top of the pedestal on the front: GILLESPIE; on the right: PALMAM QUI; on the left: MERUIT FORAT; and on the back: 1845

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Located at

The Square, Comber

BT23 5DZ

Located in the centre of The Square.