Historical information

Military officer Henry Christopher Wise was killed during the Eureka Stockade. The church in his home town of Leek Wooton has a memorial to him.

Physical description

Colour photograph of the Leek Wooton Church and the memorial to Henry Christopher Wise found inside the church.

Inscriptions & markings

Sacred to the Memory of Henry Christopher Wise Esq Captain in H.M. 40th 2nd Somerset Regiment, eldest son of Henry Christopher and Harriett Wise of Woodcote, who died on the 21st of Dec, 1854 aged 25 at Ballarat, Victoria, South Australia of wounds received of the 3rd of the same month while gallantly leading his company to the assault of the rebel stockade at Eureka, Ballarat.
This tablet erected by the officers of the 40th regiment.