Location

On the east wall of the transept.
 

Memorial
Ensign Wyndham Knatchbull
Inscription - (from the 1873 guide to the church)
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF ENSIGN WYNDHAM KNATCHBULL
LATE OF THE 1ST REGIMENT OF FOOT GUARDS
SECOND SON OF WYNDHAM KNATCHBULL, ESQ. OF LONDON
BY CATHERINE HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF THE LATE
SIR EDWARD KNATCHBULL, BART. OF MERSHAM HATCH
IN THE COUNTY OF KENT
HE WAS COMPELLED TO QUIT HIS REGIMENT ON SERVICE IN SPAIN
FOR THE RECOVERY OF HIS HEALTH
HE DIED ON BOARD HIS MAJESTY'S SHIP "DICTATOR"
ON THE 14TH DAY OF OCTOBER 1813 BEING THE DAY ON WHICH
THE SHIP ARRIVED AT SPITHEAD
HAVING AT THE EARLY AGE OF 18
PAID THE LAST TRIBUTE OF A SOLDIER
HIS REMAINS WERE INTERRED WITH MILITARY HONOURS
IN THE BURIAL GROUND ADJOINING THIS CHAPEL
A SORROWING FATHER
CAUSED THIS TABLET TO BE PLACED HERE
IN SAD REMEMBRANCE OF HIS IRREPARABLE LOSS
AND IN TESTIMONY OF THE MOURNFUL REGRET
OF THE NUMEROUS FRIENDS AND RELATIVES OF THE DECEASED

 
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