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- Crimean War (1853-1856)
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF AUGUSTUS CLEVELAND ESQUIRE, LIEUTENANT COLONEL OF THE NORTH DEVON MILITIA / AND DEPUTY LIEUTENANT OF THE COUNTY OF DEVON. HE WAS A MAN OF THE HIGHEST PURITY AND HONOUR, / THE BEST OF HUSBANDS AND FOND FATHER. THE EARLY PART OF HIS LIFE HE PASSED IN INDIA SUBSEQUENTLY/ HE JOINED THE ENNISKILLING DRAGOONS AND WAS PRESENT WITH THAT DISTINGUISHED REGIMENT AT THE BATTLE / OF WATERLOO AND RETIRED SHORTLY AFTERWARDS FROM THE SERVICE, EMPLOYING THE REMAINDER OF HIS / VALUABLE LIFE IN THE ACTIVE DISCHARGE OF ALL THE DUTIES OF HIS STATION. HE DIED AT TAPELEY JULY / 5TH 1849 DEPLORED BY HIS FAMILY AND REGRETTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIS WORTH. / ALSO TO THE MEMORY OF ARCHIBALD CLEVELAND ESQ. HIS ONLY AND DEEPLY LOVED SON BORN AT TAPELEY / MAY 10TH 1833, CORNET IN THE 17TH LANCERS, ACCOMPANIED HIS REGIMENT TO TURKEY. ON THE SUBSEQUENT / LANDING OF THE FORCES IN THE CRIMEA, HE WAS PRESENT AT THE ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE ADVANCED / CAVALRY AND A TROOP OF COSSACKS, AND IN THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA THE FOLLOWING DAY. ON THE FLANK / MARCH TO BALAKLAVA HIS TROOP CHARGED THE RUSSIANS' REARGUARD, WHEN THEY TOOK SEVERAL PRISONERS / AND A QUANTITY OF BAGGAGE ON THE 25TH OCTOBER. HE WAS ONE OF THE RENOWNED FIVE HUNDRED IN THE / BATTLE OF BALAKLAVA, WHERE HE IMMORTALISED HIMSELF BY HIS COOL AND DAUNTLESS BRAVERY, WHICH WILL / EVER BE REMEMBERED WITH HONOUR. AFTER FIGHTING THROUGH A LARGE BODY OF THE ENEMY AND WHEN / ESCAPING TO THE CAMP, THREE COSSACKS PURSUED HIM. HE MORTALLY WOUNDED THE THREE AND ARRIVED AT / THE CAMP LEADING HIS WOUNDED CHARGER, FAINT FROM LOSS OF BLOOD. AT THE BATTLE OF INKERMANN HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED BY A SHELL FROM A RUSSIAN FRIGATE WHICH BURST CLOSE TO HIM. HE EXPIRED THE / FOLLOWING MORNING AT SIX O'CLOCK NOVEMBER 6TH 1854, REGRETTED, ESTEEMED AND BELOVED BY ALL / WHO KNEW HIS AMIABLE DISPOSITION, FAITHFUL BRAVERY, AND PRIVATE VIRTUES, NO LESS BY THE DEEP AND ENDURING / SORROW OF ALL WHO HAD KNOWN HIM FROM HIS EARLIEST DAYS (...)
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