Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Wear Valley
Town
St John's Chapel
County
Durham
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: Before 28th June 1912
    Attended by: Mr Eaglestone
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
71215

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Current location

on the east wall to the right of the entrance to the church
St John's Church
Front Street
St John's Chapel
Wear Valley
Durham
DL13 1QF
England

OS Grid Ref: NY 88556 37941
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Brass Plaque, approx. 3 feet high x 2 feet wide set in a wood frame. The frame at the top is carved with rosettes. The plaque has a single line border culminating in roundels in each corner. There is a small cross on either side of the words “To the Glory of God”. Lettering is in several fonts with a tiny dot between each word.
Inscription
TO THE GLORY OF GOD /and in memory of/LIEUTENANT JOHN BRUMWELL,/who was born 1785/AT WARDEN HILL IN THE PARISH OF STANHOPE/SERVING WITH/HIS REGIMENT - THE 43RD LIGHT INFANTRY,/IN THE PENINSULAR WAR./HE FOUGHT FOR HIS COUNTRY AND THE LIBERTIES OF EUROPE/AT “BUSACO” “FUENTES DE ONORO”/and/VOLUNTEERING FOR THE “FORLORN HOPE”/AT THE STORMING OF CIUDAD RODRIGO, / Jan. 19th 1812,/WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED IN SIGHT OF VICTORY,/AND EXPIRED IN THE PRIME OF LIFE./A SACRIFICE TO DUTY./Jan. 27th 1812.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Brumwell, John
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Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, forename, surname, year and place of birth, regiment, manner and date of death, other
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Frame
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • The Monumental Brasses of County Durham William Lack, H. Martin Stuchfield and Philip Whittemore 2002 ISBN 095 4327101
  • Newcastle Daily Chronicle - Friday 28 June 1912 A WEARDALE SOLDIER.
  • Newcastle Evening Chronicle - Friday 28 June 1912 A WEARDALE SOLDIER.
  • Letters of a Weardale Soldier, Lieutenant John Brumwell by William Morley Egglestone
  • www.newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=8536

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