Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Newark And Sherwood
- Town
- Winthorpe
- County
- Nottinghamshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Non-Combat Deaths, Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814), 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 83212
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Current location
All Saints Church
Gainsborough Road
Winthorpe
Newark And Sherwood
Nottinghamshire
NG24 2NR
England
OS Grid Ref: SK 81204 56362
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Pedimented stone tablet, on a base which is supported by two corbels, on a stone backboard
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF BENJAMIN HANDLEY, ESQRE OF POINTON, LINCOLNSHIRE THIRD SON OF WILLIAM HANDLEY, OF NEWARK. HE WAS BORN JANUARY 13TH 1784, ENTERED THE ARMY IN THE YEAR 1805 AND SERVED IN THE NINTH REGIMENT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS IN SOUTH AMERICA AND IN THE PENINSULA. HE WAS RETURNED MEMBER FOR BOSTON IN THE FIRST SESSION OF PARLIAMENT AFTER THE REFORM BILL AND DIED AT POINTON MAY 16TH 1858
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Handley, Benjamin
See details - Commemorations
- Non-Combat Deaths
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, date of birth, date of death, place of death, additional, regiment
Order of information: Undefined - Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, date of birth, date of death, place of death, additional, regiment
Order of information: Undefined - 19th Century Wars (1800-1899)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forename, relationships, date of birth, date of death, place of death, additional, regiment
Order of information: Undefined
- Non-Combat Deaths
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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