Lieutenant Gustavus Hamilton Blenkinsopp Coulson VC


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Reference WMO/279496

Address:

St Peter's Church

Stanegate

Newbrough

NE47 5AU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Metal Brass
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
About the memorial: Brass Plaque. There is a single line border. At left is the family coat of arms. Lettering is in Roman capitals, with the quotation at the bottom in Gothic lower case, south wall of the nave .
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IN MEMORY OF/ GUSTAVUS HAMILTON BLENKINSOPP COULSON, V.C., D.S.O.,/ LIEUTENANT KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERER'S AND ADJUTANT 7TH BATTN. MOUNTED INFANTRY./ ONLY SON OF HENRY JOHN WASTELL COULSON OF NEWBROUGH HALL IN THIS PARISH./ KILLED IN ACTION AT LAMBRECHFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA, ON MAY 19TH 1901, AGED 22./ HE RECEIVED THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE ORDER FOR HIS CONDUCT IN THE CAMPAIGN OF 1900/ AND WAS LATER AWARDED THE VICTORIA CROSS FOR CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY IN THE ACTION/ WHERE HE FELL, IN SAVING A GUN AND RESCUING A WOUNDED TROOPER UNDER HEAVY FIRE./ "WELL DONE, GOOD AND FAITHFUL SERVANT."

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