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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Fareham
Town
Titchfield
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Maker
MR JOHN BACON, JNR (Sculptor)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
21288

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Current location

ST PETERS CHURCH
Church St
Titchfield
Fareham
Hampshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 541 057
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
UNDECORATED RECTANGULAR INSCRIPTION TABLET BENEATH FOUR STAGE MOULDING CAPPED BY WIDER CORNICE. SHALLOW TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT WITH OPEN BIBLE PLACED LEANING BACK AT AN ANGLE. ABOVE THE UPPER EDGE OF THE BIBLE IS A LARGE CLASSICAL URN TROPHY FORMING BACKGROUND TO THE MEMORIAL, INCLUDING A DAPED STANDARD, STAFF, CANNON AND CONGREVE ROCKET.
Inscription
THE MEMORIAL/ OF PRIVATE WORTH AND MILITARY GLORY/ SACRED TO/ CAPTAIN RICHARD BOGUE/ OF THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY;/ WHO FELL BY A RIFLE SHOT, IN THE BATTLE OF LEIPSIC (SIC)/ ON THE 18TH OCTOBER 1813/ WHILE COMMANDING THE BRITISH ROCKET BRIGADE IN THE GLORIOUS VICTORY OF THAT MEMORABLE DAY./ HE HAD A MOMENT BEFORE RECEIVED THE THANKS OF THE PRINCE, AND ALLIED GENERALS, UNDER WHOM HE SERVED/ FOR COMPELLING THE SURRENDER OF FIVE FRENCH BATTALIONS AT PAUNSDORF/ TO HIS OWN SMALL FORCE, NOT EXCEEDING TWO HUNDRED MEN./ HIS REMAINS WERE INTERRED AT TAUCHA, NEAR LEIPSIC, IN THE 31ST YEAR OF HIS AGE./ AS AN OFFICER, HE EMINENTLY COMBINED PROFESSIONAL SCIENCE WITH THE MOST ARDENT VALOUR./ BY HIS INDEFATIGABLE ATTENTION, THAT FORMIDABLE WEAPON THE CONGREVE ROCKET WAS APPLIED WITH A PRECISION AND SUCCESS/ PROPORTIONATE TO ITS IMPORTANCE AS AN INVENTION OF DESTRUCTIVE WARFARE./ AS A HUSBAND, A FATHER AND A FRIEND,/ THE PRACTICE OF EVERY DOMESTIC VIRTUE, RESULTING ALIKE FROM A RECTITUDE AND CONSCIOUS DUTY, RECEIVED A BRIGHTER LUSTRE FROM A FERVENT THOUGH RATIONAL PIETY./ HE WAS THE YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE DR BOGUE OF FAREHAM IN THIS COUNTY, AND MARRIED MARY ISABELLA/ DAUGHTER OF JOHNHANSON ESQR. OF GREAT BROMLEY HALL, AND WOODFORD IN ESSEX, WHO AS A SMALL/ TRIBUTE TO THE MEMORY OF THE BEST OF HUSBANDS, AND IN TESTIMONY OF HER AFFECTION AND REGRET/ HAS CAUSED THIS TABLET TO BE INSCRIBED TO HIS RESPECTED NAME
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: depth 5MM, height 1300MM, width 1065MM
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 10MM, height 400MM, width 760MM
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
  • PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER
  • Grade I
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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