THE BRITISH MEMORIAL COMPLEX OF 1854-1856 ON CATHCART'S HILL (Sevastopol)

 cemetery, place with historical importance, war memorial

Brigadier-General Thomas Leigh Goldie - 4th Division (57th Foot) - killed at Inkermann - 5th November 1854. Commanded 1st Brigade, 4th Division. Lieutenant-Colonel, 57th Foot. Son of Lieut-General Alexander John Goldie, of the Nunnery, Isle of Man,
Buried on Cathcart's Hill - "Scared to the memory of Brigadier General Thomas Leigh Goldie Commanding 1st Brigade of the 4th Division of the British Army and Lieut. Colonel of the 57th Regiment who fell at Inkerman Nov. 5th 1854."

Brigadier-General Thomas Fox Strangeways - killed at Inkermann - 5th November 1854
Aged 64. Son of Charles Strangeways and Jane Haines. A nephew of Henry, 2nd Earl of Ilchester. Husband of Sophia Harene. He was severely wounded at Waterloo and had not been expected to live. He received the Swedish Order of the Sword and the Russian Order of St. Anne. He was said to have been wearing it when he was killed by an exploding shell.
Memorial on Cathcart's Hill - "To the memory of Brigadier General Fox Strangeways Killed in action 5th Novr 1854."

Lieutenant-General Sir George Cathcart, KCB - 4th Division - killed at Inkermann - 5th November 1854. Aged 60. Born 12th May 1794, son of William (10th Baron and 1st Earl), Cathcart and Elizabeth Elliott. Husband of Lady Georgiana Greville. Served at Waterloo. In the Crimea he commanded the 4th Division.
Buried on Cathcart's Hill - "Sacred to the memory of the Honble. Sir George Cathcart, KCB Lieut. Genl. Commanding the 4th Division of the British Army in the Crimea. Born 1794. Died 5th Novr. 1854 at the battle of Inkerman. He served with the Russian Army in the Years 1813 and 1814 and was Aide-de-camp to the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo - He was appointed in 1852 Governor of the Cape of Good Hope from which place he had just returned. This tomb was placed here by the Officers and men of the 4th Division."

Major-General Sir John Campbell - killed in the attack on the Redan - 18th June 1855.
Commanded 1st Brigade, 4th Division.
Buried on Cathcart's Hill - "Sacred to the memory of Major General Sir John Campbell Bart. killed in action June 18th 1855."

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Francis Seymour - 4th Division (Scots Fusilier Guards) - killed at Inkermann - 5th November 1854. (Scots Fusilier Guards). Aged 35. Eldest son of Sir Horace Seymour, MP and grandson of Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour.
Buried on Cathcart's Hill - "To Lieut. Col. C.F. Seymour Sco Fusr Guards killed in action Novr 5th 1854. Beneath this stone lie the remains of Lieut. Col. Charles Francis Seymour of the Scots Fusilier Guards Assistant Adjutant General of the Fourth Division who fell at the Battle of Inkermann Nov 5th 1854 by the side of his General The Hone. Sir George Cathcart on whose staff he had long served. Aged 35 years."
Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks, London - "To the memory of Lieut-Colonel Charles Francis Seymour, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, Eldest son of Sir Hoarce Beachamp Seymour, MP, and grandson of Vice-Admiral Lord Hugh Seymour, who, while serving as Assistant Adjutant-General of the 4th Division, was killed by the side of his General, at the battle of Inkerman, in the Crimea, on the 5th November 1854, aged 35 years. In a despatch dated before Sebastopol, November 11th 1854, Field-Marshall Lord Raglan thus reported his death - "And I may here express my deep regret that Lieut-Colonel Charles Francis Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, should have fallen. He had served on the Staff with the late lamented Sir George Cathcart, at the Cape, and had accompanied him to this country in the capacity of Assistant Adjutant General; and he was remarkable for his intelligence, gallantry and zeal." This tablet is erected by his brother and sister."

Major Samuel Philip Townsend - killed at Inkermann - 5th November 1854
Buried on Cathcart's Hill - "Sacred to the memory of Major Samuel Philip Townsend Royal British Artillery who fell at Inkermann on the 5th of November 1854 in command of a battery of 9 pounders attached to the 4th Division under Major General Sir G. Cathcart."

Captain Henry Thomas Butler - 1st Division (55th Foot) - killed at Inkermann - 5th November 1854.
Deputy Assistant Adjutant General, 1st Division. Son of Lt-General H.E. Butler.
Buried on Cathcart's Hill - "In memory of Captain H.T. Butler killed at Inkerman 5th November 1854."

Captain William Frederick A. Rooke - 47th Foot - died of wounds - 1st October 1855
Major of Brigade, 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division. Aged 30.
Buried on Cathcart's Hill - "To the memory of Capt. William Frederick A. Rooke 47th Regiment. Major of Brigade 2nd Brigade 2nd Division of Westwood House, Essex, who died October 1st 1855 aged 30 years of a wound received at the attack upon the Redan Sept. 8. This stone was erected by his brother officers."



Constructed by The cultural and historical senter "Sevastopol" in 1993.