Lieutenant Colonel A D Borton VC

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Memorial details

Memorial type: Other memorial
District: Maidstone
Town: Hunton
County: Kent
Country: England
Commemoration: VC or GC Recipients
Lost: Not lost
WM Reference: 54492

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Current location

Churchyard
St Mary's Church
West Street
Hunton
Maidstone
Kent
ME15 0RR
England

OS Grid Ref: TQ 72420 49720
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Victoria Cross winner grave. A slab covers the whole grave with a stone block as the headstone.

Inscription

Top: ARTHUR DRUMMOND BORTON/ VC, CMG, DSO/ LIEUTENANT COLONEL 60TH RIFLES/ 2/22ND LONDON REGIMENT (THE QUEENÃÂ¢S)/ SON OF THE LATE COLONEL A.D BORTON DL, JP/ OF CHEVENEY, YALDING, KENT. Face: AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN/ AND IN THE MORNING WE WILL/ REMEMBER THEM.

Inscription legible?

Commemorations

VC or GC Recipients
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,regiment,forename,relationships,decorations
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Gravestone
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone

Listing information

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Condition

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History

Nov. 2012: Inscription largely illegible. 2005: In poor state of repair, amateur historian looking into funding options. 1980s: Repaired by Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment.

Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Reference

Kent Fallen Website www.kentfallen.com/PDF%20REPORTS/BORTON%20A.D.pdf
Other website www.victoriacross.org.uk/kent.htm
Kent Messenger 10 June 2005

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