Jeremiah Easter monument, Tollesbury
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Jeremiah Easter monument, Tollesbury
Image: © David Kemp Taken: 3 Jun 2020
The monument stands rather incongruously amongst local authority housing in Elysian Gardens. This is the name of a cul-de-sac and the gardens no longer as such exist. The inscription reads: CREDITO IN DEO. THAT OFFICER WHO ERECTED THIS PILE WAS PRESENT AT THE COMBATS AND BATTLES AT ALBERCHE AND TALAVERA IN 1809 BUSACO RETIREMENT SOBRAL AND LINES AT TORRESVEDRAS IN 1810 FOZ D'AROUCE AND FUENTES D'ONOR IN 1811 These were all "combats and battles" in the Peninsular War of 1807-14 in which British and other forces led by Wellington engaged with Napoleonic forces
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Image Location
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51.757788
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0.831568