There is a large cenotaph memorial plaque at St. Michael and All Angels Church in Badminton, Gloucestershire.
("Illustrated London News" 28 Feb 1846, page 11):
MAJOR FITZROY SOMERSET.
Arthur William Fitzroy Somerset, another of the victims of the recent slaughter, was the eldest son of Major-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.B., Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, by his wife, the lady Emily Wellesley-Pole, second daughter of the Earl of Mornington. Lord Fitzroy Somerset is himself the tenth son of Henry, Fifth Duke of Beaufort.
Major Fitzroy Somerset, the gallant and lamented subject of this notice, was born in May, 1816. He was a Captain in the Grenadier Guards, and Military Secretary to the Governor-General of India. After the terrible engagement of Ferozeport, the 21st Dec., 1845, the body of Somerset was found on the field of battle, on the following morning, benumbed with cold, and a most ghastly spectacle: he was still alive, and quite sensible. Medical aid was procured, but he very shortly expired.
("Berkshire Chronicle" 28 Feb 1846, page 2):
We regret to hear that Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset are plunged into the deepest grief by the melancholy information received from India, of the death of Major Arthur W. Fitzroy Somerset (of the Grenadier Guards), their eldest son, who was military secretary to his Excellency Sir Henry Hardinge, the Governor General. The gallant deceased was born May 6, 1816, and entered the Grenadier Guards in 1832. He was for a short period aide de camp to the Commander of the Forces in Ireland, and subsequently proceeded to China with the expedition under Lord Saltoun, on the staff of that distinguished general, and afterwards was attached to the staff of Lord Ellenborough. He was severely wounded while assisting at the military operations in China.∼Source: Miles Irving, I.C.S.; A List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs or Monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan Possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest. Printed at The Punjab Government Press, 1910.
("Illustrated London News" 28 Feb 1846, page 11):
MAJOR FITZROY SOMERSET.
Arthur William Fitzroy Somerset, another of the victims of the recent slaughter, was the eldest son of Major-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.B., Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, by his wife, the lady Emily Wellesley-Pole, second daughter of the Earl of Mornington. Lord Fitzroy Somerset is himself the tenth son of Henry, Fifth Duke of Beaufort.
Major Fitzroy Somerset, the gallant and lamented subject of this notice, was born in May, 1816. He was a Captain in the Grenadier Guards, and Military Secretary to the Governor-General of India. After the terrible engagement of Ferozeport, the 21st Dec., 1845, the body of Somerset was found on the field of battle, on the following morning, benumbed with cold, and a most ghastly spectacle: he was still alive, and quite sensible. Medical aid was procured, but he very shortly expired.
("Berkshire Chronicle" 28 Feb 1846, page 2):
We regret to hear that Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset are plunged into the deepest grief by the melancholy information received from India, of the death of Major Arthur W. Fitzroy Somerset (of the Grenadier Guards), their eldest son, who was military secretary to his Excellency Sir Henry Hardinge, the Governor General. The gallant deceased was born May 6, 1816, and entered the Grenadier Guards in 1832. He was for a short period aide de camp to the Commander of the Forces in Ireland, and subsequently proceeded to China with the expedition under Lord Saltoun, on the staff of that distinguished general, and afterwards was attached to the staff of Lord Ellenborough. He was severely wounded while assisting at the military operations in China.∼Source: Miles Irving, I.C.S.; A List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs or Monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan Possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest. Printed at The Punjab Government Press, 1910.
There is a large cenotaph memorial plaque at St. Michael and All Angels Church in Badminton, Gloucestershire.
("Illustrated London News" 28 Feb 1846, page 11):
MAJOR FITZROY SOMERSET.
Arthur William Fitzroy Somerset, another of the victims of the recent slaughter, was the eldest son of Major-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.B., Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, by his wife, the lady Emily Wellesley-Pole, second daughter of the Earl of Mornington. Lord Fitzroy Somerset is himself the tenth son of Henry, Fifth Duke of Beaufort.
Major Fitzroy Somerset, the gallant and lamented subject of this notice, was born in May, 1816. He was a Captain in the Grenadier Guards, and Military Secretary to the Governor-General of India. After the terrible engagement of Ferozeport, the 21st Dec., 1845, the body of Somerset was found on the field of battle, on the following morning, benumbed with cold, and a most ghastly spectacle: he was still alive, and quite sensible. Medical aid was procured, but he very shortly expired.
("Berkshire Chronicle" 28 Feb 1846, page 2):
We regret to hear that Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset are plunged into the deepest grief by the melancholy information received from India, of the death of Major Arthur W. Fitzroy Somerset (of the Grenadier Guards), their eldest son, who was military secretary to his Excellency Sir Henry Hardinge, the Governor General. The gallant deceased was born May 6, 1816, and entered the Grenadier Guards in 1832. He was for a short period aide de camp to the Commander of the Forces in Ireland, and subsequently proceeded to China with the expedition under Lord Saltoun, on the staff of that distinguished general, and afterwards was attached to the staff of Lord Ellenborough. He was severely wounded while assisting at the military operations in China.∼Source: Miles Irving, I.C.S.; A List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs or Monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan Possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest. Printed at The Punjab Government Press, 1910.
("Illustrated London News" 28 Feb 1846, page 11):
MAJOR FITZROY SOMERSET.
Arthur William Fitzroy Somerset, another of the victims of the recent slaughter, was the eldest son of Major-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.B., Secretary to the Commander-in-Chief, by his wife, the lady Emily Wellesley-Pole, second daughter of the Earl of Mornington. Lord Fitzroy Somerset is himself the tenth son of Henry, Fifth Duke of Beaufort.
Major Fitzroy Somerset, the gallant and lamented subject of this notice, was born in May, 1816. He was a Captain in the Grenadier Guards, and Military Secretary to the Governor-General of India. After the terrible engagement of Ferozeport, the 21st Dec., 1845, the body of Somerset was found on the field of battle, on the following morning, benumbed with cold, and a most ghastly spectacle: he was still alive, and quite sensible. Medical aid was procured, but he very shortly expired.
("Berkshire Chronicle" 28 Feb 1846, page 2):
We regret to hear that Lord and Lady Fitzroy Somerset are plunged into the deepest grief by the melancholy information received from India, of the death of Major Arthur W. Fitzroy Somerset (of the Grenadier Guards), their eldest son, who was military secretary to his Excellency Sir Henry Hardinge, the Governor General. The gallant deceased was born May 6, 1816, and entered the Grenadier Guards in 1832. He was for a short period aide de camp to the Commander of the Forces in Ireland, and subsequently proceeded to China with the expedition under Lord Saltoun, on the staff of that distinguished general, and afterwards was attached to the staff of Lord Ellenborough. He was severely wounded while assisting at the military operations in China.∼Source: Miles Irving, I.C.S.; A List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs or Monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan Possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest. Printed at The Punjab Government Press, 1910.
Inscription
[Taken in 1851 from a Tablet Hanging in Barrackpore Church.]
Sacred to the Memory of
Major Arthur William Fitzroy Somerset,
Grenadier guards: and Military Secretary to the Rt. Hon'ble
Sir Henry Hardinge, Governor-General of India.
Major William Robert Herries,
H.M. 3d Light Dragoons, and A.D.C. to the Governor-General.
And Lieutenant John Monro,
10th Light Cavalry, and A.D.C. to the Governor General.
This tablet is erected by their brother officers, in affectionate remembrance
of their brave comrades, who fell in the actions of
Moodkee and Ferozeshah on the 18th and 21st December, 1845.
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