Son of Richard Eyre and Eleanor (Baldwin) Eyre.
Husband of Lucy Catherine Louisa (Clarke) Eyre, married 14 August 1873 in Wincanton, Somerset.
Father of Gloster Richard James Philip Eyre, Florence Louisa Stewart Eyre, and Major Hastings Elles John Eyre.
Veteran of the Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, and the Anglo-Egyptian War. A member of the Nile Expedition during the Madhist War, he was commanding officer of the 1st Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment and was killed in action at the Battle of Kirkekan.
He was buried with his comrades on the battlefield, whose number included Major General William Earle (the general officer commanding the column), Lieutenant Colonel Robert de Courcy Caveny who commanded the 1st Battalion of the Black Watch, and Captain Barry Nugent Yelverton (4th Viscount Avondale) of the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
Notice of his death appeared in "The Guardian," Wednesday, February 18, 1885:
"Lieut-Colonel Philip Homan Eyre, commandant of the South
Staffordshire Regiment, was born in 1832, and entered teo army as a private. He was awarded a commission in the South Staffordshire Regiment (then the 38th Foot) on August 10, 1854, for conspicuous gallantry in the Crimean War, after being in the ranks about three and a half years. He went through the Indian Mutiny campaign taking
part in the assault and capture of Meeangunge, siege and
capture of Lucknow, and affairs of Barree and Nuggur, gaining the medal and clasp. For services in Egypt in 1882 he was specially mentioned in despatches."
Requiescat in pace.
Husband of Lucy Catherine Louisa (Clarke) Eyre, married 14 August 1873 in Wincanton, Somerset.
Father of Gloster Richard James Philip Eyre, Florence Louisa Stewart Eyre, and Major Hastings Elles John Eyre.
Veteran of the Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, and the Anglo-Egyptian War. A member of the Nile Expedition during the Madhist War, he was commanding officer of the 1st Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment and was killed in action at the Battle of Kirkekan.
He was buried with his comrades on the battlefield, whose number included Major General William Earle (the general officer commanding the column), Lieutenant Colonel Robert de Courcy Caveny who commanded the 1st Battalion of the Black Watch, and Captain Barry Nugent Yelverton (4th Viscount Avondale) of the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
Notice of his death appeared in "The Guardian," Wednesday, February 18, 1885:
"Lieut-Colonel Philip Homan Eyre, commandant of the South
Staffordshire Regiment, was born in 1832, and entered teo army as a private. He was awarded a commission in the South Staffordshire Regiment (then the 38th Foot) on August 10, 1854, for conspicuous gallantry in the Crimean War, after being in the ranks about three and a half years. He went through the Indian Mutiny campaign taking
part in the assault and capture of Meeangunge, siege and
capture of Lucknow, and affairs of Barree and Nuggur, gaining the medal and clasp. For services in Egypt in 1882 he was specially mentioned in despatches."
Requiescat in pace.
Son of Richard Eyre and Eleanor (Baldwin) Eyre.
Husband of Lucy Catherine Louisa (Clarke) Eyre, married 14 August 1873 in Wincanton, Somerset.
Father of Gloster Richard James Philip Eyre, Florence Louisa Stewart Eyre, and Major Hastings Elles John Eyre.
Veteran of the Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, and the Anglo-Egyptian War. A member of the Nile Expedition during the Madhist War, he was commanding officer of the 1st Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment and was killed in action at the Battle of Kirkekan.
He was buried with his comrades on the battlefield, whose number included Major General William Earle (the general officer commanding the column), Lieutenant Colonel Robert de Courcy Caveny who commanded the 1st Battalion of the Black Watch, and Captain Barry Nugent Yelverton (4th Viscount Avondale) of the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
Notice of his death appeared in "The Guardian," Wednesday, February 18, 1885:
"Lieut-Colonel Philip Homan Eyre, commandant of the South
Staffordshire Regiment, was born in 1832, and entered teo army as a private. He was awarded a commission in the South Staffordshire Regiment (then the 38th Foot) on August 10, 1854, for conspicuous gallantry in the Crimean War, after being in the ranks about three and a half years. He went through the Indian Mutiny campaign taking
part in the assault and capture of Meeangunge, siege and
capture of Lucknow, and affairs of Barree and Nuggur, gaining the medal and clasp. For services in Egypt in 1882 he was specially mentioned in despatches."
Requiescat in pace.
Husband of Lucy Catherine Louisa (Clarke) Eyre, married 14 August 1873 in Wincanton, Somerset.
Father of Gloster Richard James Philip Eyre, Florence Louisa Stewart Eyre, and Major Hastings Elles John Eyre.
Veteran of the Crimean War, Indian Mutiny, and the Anglo-Egyptian War. A member of the Nile Expedition during the Madhist War, he was commanding officer of the 1st Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment and was killed in action at the Battle of Kirkekan.
He was buried with his comrades on the battlefield, whose number included Major General William Earle (the general officer commanding the column), Lieutenant Colonel Robert de Courcy Caveny who commanded the 1st Battalion of the Black Watch, and Captain Barry Nugent Yelverton (4th Viscount Avondale) of the 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
Notice of his death appeared in "The Guardian," Wednesday, February 18, 1885:
"Lieut-Colonel Philip Homan Eyre, commandant of the South
Staffordshire Regiment, was born in 1832, and entered teo army as a private. He was awarded a commission in the South Staffordshire Regiment (then the 38th Foot) on August 10, 1854, for conspicuous gallantry in the Crimean War, after being in the ranks about three and a half years. He went through the Indian Mutiny campaign taking
part in the assault and capture of Meeangunge, siege and
capture of Lucknow, and affairs of Barree and Nuggur, gaining the medal and clasp. For services in Egypt in 1882 he was specially mentioned in despatches."
Requiescat in pace.
Inscription
"To the glory of God and in loving memory
of Philip Homan Eyre, Lieut. Colonel
1st S. Staffordshire Regiment, who fell
whilst leading his men at the battle of
Kirbekan Feb. 10th 1885 having served
33 years in the Regiment. This brass
is erected by his sorrowing widow.
'Blessed are the dead which die in the
Lord. They may rest from their labours
and their works do follow them.'"
Gravesite Details
Brass plaque located in Lichfield Cathedral, Staffordshire.
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