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Gravestone of Richard Walker, of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, Cathedral

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Gravestone of Richard Walker, of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, Cathedral
Sheffield_City_Centre
National Buildings Record
Historic England

From Newspaper Cuttings Relating to Sheffield: Ref: 942.74 SF Vol 25 Page 23 Objections from a cavalry regiment stationed in the city at the time other gravestones wre being levelled, he is the only tomb-stone in the yard of Sheffield Cathedral that remains upright. The inscription reads : To the memory of Richard Walker, of the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, who departed this life the 22nd of June 1800 aged 28 years. Within this dark and silent grave Here lies a solier just and brave And when the awful Trump shall sound, He is for settled quaters bound

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