Monument MPM464 - PEEL OR SHANNON NAVAL BRIGADE MONUMENT

Monument. 1860. Granite and stone. 4-sided tapering pier with polished pink granite panels framed in white granite supports, cornice with shell ornamentation to frieze surmounted by elaborate bronze finial. Monument sits on stepped stone plinth with canon bollards at corners. Bronze finial was cast from the metal of a gun captured at Lucknow and presented to Shannon's Brigade by General Lord Clyde, GCB, C-in-C of the army. The monument was erected in 1860 by the Officers and Crew of HMS Shannon in memory of Captain Sir William Peel, KCB, Captain Thos. Gray, RN, Mr MP Gavuey, mate, Mr MA Daniel, midshipman, the seaman and marines of the Shannon's Naval Brigade who fell whilst employed in the NW Provinces of India during the mutiny 1857-58. (Berridge DW: Monuments & Memorials in the City of Portsmouth: 1984-: 7).

Historic England, The National Heritage List for England (Index). SPM35.