Captain Thomas H. Berney

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Reference WMO/241761

Address:

St Andrew's Church

Church Road

Barton Bendish

PE33 9DP

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
About the memorial: Within the church on the south (right hand) side of the nave.A brass plaque commemorating Captain Thomas Hugh Berney, 14th Prince of Wales' Own, West Yorkshire Regiment, who fell at Monte Cristo, Natal, on 18 February, 1900, in an assault.
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IN MEMORIAM / CAPTAIN THOMAS HUGH BERNEY / 14TH PRINCE OF WALES OWN WEST YORKSHIRE REGT. / THE DEARLY LOVED ELDEST SON OF / SIR HENRY H. BERNEY BART OF BARTON BENDISH NORFOLK / HE FELL AT MONTE CRISTO NATAL 18TH FEB 1900 LEADING HIS MEN TO THE / FINAL ASSAULT OF THE HILL THE CREST OF WHICH HE WAS THE FIRST TO REACH / AND THERE HE MET HIS DEATH LIKE A GALLANT SOLDIER / HE LEAVES A WIDOW AND TWO SONS TO LAMENT HIS EARLY DEATH IN HIS 34TH YEAR / HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY AND HIS SOUL TO GOD / This Memorial was placed here by his sorrowing Mother

THOMAS HUGH BERNEY

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