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Current location
St James the Great Church
Elmsted
Shepway
Kent
TN25 5JL
England
OS Grid Ref: TR 11660 44930
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Window with associated plaque. Plaque bears inscription.
- Inscription
- Plaque: TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF/ ARTHUR HONYWOOD, LIEUT. 66TH REGT./ 4TH SON OF SIR COURTENAY HONYWOOD OF EVINGTON PLACE BART./ KILLED AT THE AGE OF 19 WHILE CARRYING THE QUEEN'S COLOUR AT THE/ BATTLE OF MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN JULY 27TH 1880/ WHEN ALREADY BADLY WOUNDED HE HELD THE COLOURS ABOVE HIS HEAD AND CALLED ON THE MEN/ TOTALLY WITH THE WORDS- WHAT SHALL WE DO TO SAVE THESE- THE NEXT MOMENT THE FATAL SHOT CAME/ THIS WINDOW IS ERECTED BY HIS LOVING RELATIONS. Window: THY BROTHER / SHALL RISE AGAIN
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, surname, rank, regiment, relationships, manner of death, age at death, place of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First and Second Anglo-Afghan Wars (1839-1842 and 1878-1880)
- Components
- Window
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stained Glass
- Window
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Geograph - www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1737025 - accessed 1 May 2020
- stained glass records - www.stainedglassrecords.org/Ch.asp?ChId=21072 - accessed 1 May 2020
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