Inscription
Wall memorial with shields of arms: "They were lovely and pleasant in their lives,and in their death they were not divided"
"To the memory of Edward Bolton Clive esq of Whitfield, eldest son of George Clive esq and of Sidney Bolton of the county of Louth his wife. He was born September 10th 1766; married December 1790 Harriet daughter and coheir of Andrew Lord Archer, and died July 22nd 1845 leaving three surviving children viz Harriet Maria wife of Archdeacon Wetherell; Archer rector of Solihull, county of Warwick; and George a barrister at law. He represented the city of Hereford from the year 1826 until his death. He was honest and consistent in his public conduct, just, friendly and hospitable as a neighbour, most kind and loving as a parent, and of rare sincerity with all"
"to the memory of Colonel Edward Clive eldest son of Edward Bolton Clive esquire and the Honourable Harriet Archer his wife. He was born November 14th 1793 , entered the army as ensign in the Grenadier Guards July 4th 1811 and died in command of the same regiment April 14th 1845 aged 51 years, and unmarried. He served in Spain and France, and at Waterloo, and commanded the 2nd Battalion in Canada. The numerous friends , officers and soldiers who attended his funeral testified the love and respect in which they held him and the deep grief of his father bore witness to his virtues as a son"
(his funeral hatchment is on the wall of- Church of St. Peter & St. Thomas, Wormbridge ,Herefordshire
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