Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Newark And Sherwood
Town
Collingham
County
Nottinghamshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Crimean War (1853-1856)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
38867

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Current location

All Saints Church
Church Lane
Collingham
Newark And Sherwood
Nottinghamshire
NG23 7NQ
England

OS Grid Ref: SK 82980 62043
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
A NOWY HEADED HEADSTONE, WITH THE A HOLLOW CIRCULAR CROSS CUT IN IT.
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM BACON A NATIVE OF THIS PARISH/ WHO FELL IN BATTLE OCT 25TH. 1854/ AGED 30 YEARS./ AND OF GEORGE BROOME, HIS BROTHER IN LAW/ WHO MET A SOLDIERS DEATH AT THE SAME TIME AND PLACE/ AGED 35 YEARS./ THEY WERE PRIVATES IN THE 17TH LANCERS AND FELL IN/ THE DEATH RIDE AT BALAKLAVA. JOHN BACON THEIR/ BROTHER OF THE SAME REGIMENT ESCAPED UNHURT FROM/ THE SAME DESPERATE CHARGE/ CHARGE WAS THE CAPTAINS CRY/ THEIRS WAS TO MAKE REPLY/ THEIRS NOT TO QUESTION WHY/ THEIRS BUT TO DO OR DIE/ INTO THE VALLEY OF DEATH/ RODE THE SIX HUNDRED/ HONOUR THE BRAVE AND BOLD/ LONG SHALL THE TALE BE TOLD/ YEA WHEN OUR BABES ARE OLD/ HOW THEY RODE OMWARD/ "THOU HAST GUIDED ME WITH STRENGTH UNTO THE BATTLE"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Bacon, John
Bacon, William
Broome, George
See details for all 3 names
Commemorations
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
    Total names on memorial: 3
    Served and returned: 1
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, date of death, regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: height 5FT, width 2FT 6"
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

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