H.J. G. Warde

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Reference WMO/151307

Address:

St Mary the Virgin

The Green

Westerham

TN16 1AU

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
About the memorial: Rectangular plaque with rounded top corners. Small, foliate design in lower part of the plaque. Central, white plaque carries inscription in black below which is a sword in relief. Above the inscription plaque is an heraldic beast in relief. At the top of the plaque is a simple, white Latin cross.
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TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY JOHN GREGORY WARDE / LIEUT. IN THE 56TH BENGAL N.I. SECOND SON OF / VICE ADML. CHAS. WARDE K.H. AND MARIANA HIS WIFE / WHO FELL IN THE TREACHEROUS MASSACRE AT CAWNPORE / ON THE 27TH OF JUNE 1857 IN HIS 20TH YEAR. / HE HELD A CONSPICUOUS POST IN THE SIEGE, WHICH (REGARDLESS / OF HIS OWN WOUNDS RECEIVED WHILE RESCUING THE WOMEN CHILDREN / AND WOUNDED FROM THE BURNING BARRACKS,)HE NEVER QUITTED; AND / “BY HIS QUIET ENDURING DETERMINATION, HE WON THE CONFIDENCE AND / ADMIRATION OF THE LITTLE BAND HE COMMANDED.” GENL. NEILL / “HE WAS A MODEL SOLDIER AND HIS DEATH WAS A GREAT LOSS TO HIS / COUNTRY.” M. THOMSON

HENRY JOHN GREGORY WARDE

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