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Colonel Charles Robert St Leger Shervinton Veteran

Birth: 4 Jun 1852
Death: 19 Apr 1898 (aged 45)
Burial: Brompton Cemetery

West Brompton, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England Show Map GPS-Latitude: 51.4845967, Longitude: -0.1903933
Plot: 6E 105 x 31
Memorial ID: 32786518 View Source

Rifleman. Commander of the army of the Queen of Magadascar.
Eldest son of the Lieutenant Colonel Shervinton. English soldier of fortune, who commanded the Malagasy Army in its anti-French campaign of 1895, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver, during a fit of temporary insanity.
Husband of Laura Shervinton.

Rifleman. Commander of the army of the Queen of Magadascar.
Eldest son of the Lieutenant Colonel Shervinton. English soldier of fortune, who commanded the Malagasy Army in its anti-French campaign of 1895, committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver, during a fit of temporary insanity.
Husband of Laura Shervinton.

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A private grave marked with a white cross set on a stepped base. A CWGC memorial stands alongside.

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Created by: julia&keld
Added: Jan 9, 2009
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Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32786518/charles_robert_st_leger-shervinton: accessed ), memorial page for Colonel Charles Robert St Leger Shervinton (4 Jun 1852–19 Apr 1898), Find a Grave Memorial ID 32786518, citing Brompton Cemetery, West Brompton, Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England; Maintained by julia&keld (contributor 46812479).

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