Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Tunbridge Wells
Town
Royal Tunbridge Wells
County
Kent
Country
England
Commemoration
Colonial India
Maker
Sir RICHARD WESTMACOTT RA (Sculptor)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
41305

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Current location

This building was formerly Holy Trinity Church
Trinity Arts Centre
Church Road
Royal Tunbridge Wells
Tunbridge Wells
Kent
TN1 2JA
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 58380 39490
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
PLAIN WHITE MARBLE INSCRIPTION TABLET WITH TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT MOUNTED ONTO A BLACK MARBLE BACKBOARD. CARVED CLOTH DRAPED OVER THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE TABLET. AT THE BASE ARE A SHAKO, SWORD AND MEDALS AWARDED TO Lieutenant NEWTON CARVED IN RELIEF
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF/ LIEUT CHARLES NEWTON/ OF THE 16TH REGT BENGAL GRENADIERS/ FOURTH SON OF JOHN NEWTON/ OF CALARRLEY PARK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ESQ./ WHO, AFTER FOUR YEARS ARDOUS SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN,/ FELL IN THE HARD FOUGHT BATTLE OF MAHARAMPOOR/ IN THE EAST INDIES ON THE 19TH DECEMEBER 1843,/ IN THE 23RD YEAR OF HIS AGE./ SEVERELY WOUNDED IN STORMING THE FIRST POSITION OF THE ENEMY/ HIS ARDENT COURAGE WOULD NOT SUFFER HIM/ TO LEAVE THE FIELD THOUGH REQUESTED TO DO SO/ AND IN LEADING HIS COMPANY/ TO THE ASSAULT OF THEIR SECOND LINE/ HE FELL PIERCED WITH FOUR OTHER BALLS/ AND DIED IN CAMP THE SAME EVENING./ HIS MORTAL REMAINS/ WERE CONSIGNED TO THE EARTH WITH MILITARY HONOURS/ ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, AT THE CAMP OF DUNAILA,/ WHERE HIS BROTHER OFFICERS/ HAVE SINCE ERECTED A MONUMENT TO HIS MEMORY/ EXPRESSIVE OF THEIR ESTEEM AND AFFECTION./ THUS DIED A YOUTHFUL SOLDIER, GENTLE, ABLE AND BRAVE;/ OF HOPEFUL PROMISE TO HIS COUNTRY./ BELOVED AND LAMENTED BY HIS COMRADES,/ EXPLORED NOW DEEPLY BY HIS SORROWING FAMILY;/ WHO YET SORROW NOT "AS OTHERS WHICH WHICH HAVE NO HOPE,"/ FOR THIS YOUNG SOLDIER WAS A CHRISTIAN,/ WHOSE FAITH WAS FOUNDED ON THE WORD OF GOD,/ AND WHOSE LIFE WAS RULED BY/ HIS HOLY PRECEPTS.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Newton, Charles
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Commemorations
  • Colonial India
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, surname, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, place of burial, manner of death, age, relationships, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Backboard
    Measurements: height C 1500MM, width C 900MM
    Materials: Marble - Black
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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