Reference WMO/289258
Address:
St Michael and All Angels Church
The Badminton Estate
Badminton
GL9 1DD
England
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- Crimean War (1853-1856)
Grants to support the repair and conservation of war memorials are available from the charity War Memorials Trust if it has raised funds. Support is focused on war memorials in Very bad or Poor condition or where there is a serious Concern.
Before applying for a grant you should read the advice available on War Memorials Trust`s website. The What we can and cannot fund helpsheet explains what types of work the charity can fund.
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As a charity, War Memorials Trust relies on voluntary donations and every contribution, no matter how large or small, makes a really big difference to our work. Your donation will help protect and conserve war memorials for future generations so please support War Memorials Trust’s work.
IN MEMORY OF/FIELD-MARSHAL FITZROY JAMES HENRY SOMERSET, 1st BARON RAGLAN, G.C.B./AND OF SEVERAL FOREIGN ORDERS:/WHO, HAVING ENTERED THE ARMY IN 1804, AND SERVED FROM 1807 TO 1815,/THROUGHOUT THE CAMPAIGNS OF THE PENINSULA AND BELGIUM. AS MILITARY SECRETARY,/WAS PRIVY TO ALL THE COUNCILS AND ASSOCIATED WITH ALL THE EXPLOITS OF/ARTHUR DUKE OF WELLINGTON,/BY WHOSE SIDE, IN THE MOMENT OF VICTORY, HE LOST HIS RIGHT ARM AT WATERLOO./DURING THE LONG PEACE WHICH THAT BATTLE PROCURED FOR EUROPE,/EMPLOYED SUCCESSIVELY IN HIGH DEPARTMENTS OF MILITARY ADMINISTRATION,/AND ALSO ON IMPORTANT DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS, /HE CONTINUED TO ENJOY THE WARM FRIENDSHIP AND UNBOUNDED CONFIDENCE/OF THAT ILLUSTRIOUS LEADER./AFTER THIRTY-SIX YEARS OF SUCH SERVICE, WHEN AN ENGLISH ARMY WAS SENT TO THE EAST,/AT THE BIDDING OF HIS SOVEREIGN AND THE CALL OF HIS COUNTRY, HE ACCEPTED ITS COMMAND./AT THE HEAD OF THAT FORCE, HASTILY COLLECTED, AND ILL-PROVIDED FOR DISTANT WAR,/IN CONJUNCTION WITH OUR ALLIES,/HE UNDERTOOK AND CONDUCTED TO THE VERGE OF FINAL SUCCESS,/AN OPERATION IMMENSE IN MAGNITUDE, UNSURPASSED IN DIFFICULTY THE CRIMEAN CAMPAIGN./HAVING ESCAPED THE DANGERS OF ALMA AND INKERMAN,/AND FOR FIFTEEN MONTHS OF ARDUOUS STRUGGLE BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, WITH A GALLANT ARMY,/MAINTAINED THE HONOUR OF ENGLAND,/HE WAS STRUCK DOWN BY PAINLESS BUT RAPID DISEASE./NONE BUT THOSE WHO HAD EXPERIENCE OF HIS QUALITIES IN PRIVATE LIFE,/CAN ESTIMATE THE AFFLICTION OF TGHIS EVENT TO RELATIVES AND FRIENDS./IN ACTION CHIVALROUSLY BRAVE,SERENE IN ADVERSITY AND SUCCESS;/NOBLE IN HIS ADDRESS, AND LOYAL IN HIS DEALINGS,/HE ACQUIRED AND ENJOYED TO THE LAST/THE RESPECT AND CONFIDENCE OF HIS ALLIED CONFEDERATES,/THE ENTHUSIASTIC DEVOTION OF HIS TROOPS, THE LOVE OF ALL WHO KNEW HIM./ HE WAS THE YOUNGEST SON OF HENRY, 5TH DUKE OF BEAUFORT,/BORN 30TH SEPTEMBER 1788,/AND DIED AT HIS HEAD QUARTERS BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, 28TH JUNE, 1855./ THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW,/EMILY HARRIET, 2ND DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM, 3RD EARL OF MORNINGTON,/TO HIS BELOVED AND REVERED MEMORY/ Also of/Emily Harriet His Widow, Daughter of the 3rd Earl of Mornington and niece of the/1st Duke of Wellington. Born March 15th 1792. Died March 6th 1881.
Field Marshall Fitzroy James Henry Somerset.
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