Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Tunbridge Wells
Town
Speldhurst
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
Non-Combat Deaths
Maker
MR JOHN BACON, JNR (Sculptor)
Ceremony
  • Dedicated
    Date: 1807
    Attended by: UNKNOWN
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
16228

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Current location

On north wall of tower room.
St Mary the Virgin Church
Speldhurst Hill
Speldhurst
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN3 0NN
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 55360 41440
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
An elaborate wall monument in two parts divided by a cornice above which is an elaborate piece of sculpture. On a pedestal rest two urns on arch of which is a shield (see below). Military trophies cross behind the pedestal, the whole draped in fabric at the front of which a lion couchant holds a banner aloft. Resting on the two urns, a closed garlanded urn surmounted by a roman oil-lamp with issuing flame. This sculpture is mounted on grey marble shaped like a gothic arch. Lower part of the tablet is rectangular with a curved apron between two fluted pilastre. Left shield blazon: dexter: (yorke) arg a saltire az. sinister: vair a bend arg, three stags passant. Right shield blazon: (yorke) arg a saltire az
Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY/ OF MARTIN YORKE ESQR OF BISHOPS DOWN GROVE/ A FATHER TO THE FATHERLESS AND FRIEND TO ALL;/ IN HIS YOUTH HE WAS A BRAVE DEFENDER OF HIS COUNTRY,/ BUT IN MATURER YEARS LAID ASIDE THE SWORD,/ AND BY THE PRACTICE OF EVERY DUTY WHICH COULD ENDEAR/ HIM TO HIS NEIGHBOURHOOD;/ WAS AS USEFUL IN RETIREMENT AS HE HAD BEEN ACTIVE IN THE FIELD/ BELOVED RESPECTED AND REGRETTED,/ HE SUNK TO REST THE 27TH APRIL 1798,/ AGED 67 YEARS/ IN REMEMBRANCE ALSO OF HIS BROTHER/ LIEUT COL WILLIAM YORKE OF THE 69TH REGT OF FOOT,/ "A FAITHFUL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE/ ISRAELITE INDEED IN WHOM THERE WAS NO GUILE"/ HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE/ MARCH THE 22ND 1793,/ AGED 50 YEARS
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Non-Combat Deaths
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment, date of death, manner of death, age at death, relationships.
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: depth 150MM, height 2000MM, width 1000MM
    Materials: Marble - Grey
  • Plaque
    Measurements: depth 80MM, height 430MM, width 60MM
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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