Captain Henry Whichcote Turner

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Reference WMO/303505

Address:

All Saints Church

The Street

Dickleburgh

IP21 4NQ

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:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
About the memorial: Wall mounted, portrait oriented, shaped backboard supporting an elaborate composite marble tablet with the incised dedication in black lettering. Raised coat of Arms below dedication.
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Upper tablet: ALMA, / INKERMAN, SEVASTAPOL, / CRIMEA. // Main tablet: BY THE OFFICERS OF THE REGIMENT, / HIS COMPANIONS IN THE CAMP, HIS FRIENDS IN THE BIVOUAC / HIS ADMIRERS IN THE STRIFE / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY WHICHCOTE TURNER, ESQ. / CAPTAIN OF THE 1ST OR "THE ROYAL" REGIMENT OF FOOT, AND / TENTH SON OF THE LATE LIEUT GENERAL CHARLES TURNER, / COLONEL OF THE 19TH REGIMENT OF FOOT AND / HARRIET / HIS WIFE, DAUGHTER OF THE VERY REV. GEORGE STEVENSON, L.C.D. / DEAN OF KILFENORA, IRELAND: / BORN SEPTEMBER 24TH. 1829, DIED MARCH 1ST. 1856, / AT KAMARA IN THE CRIMEA, AND BURIED THERE IN THE / GRAVEYARD OF THE HIGHLAND DIVISION: / HE WAS APPOINTED TO THE REGIMENT IN 1847, WAS / PRESENT AT THE BATTLES OF ALMA AND INKERMAN, / AND AT THE SIEGE OF SEVASTAPOL / SUPPORTED BY A SENSE OF DUTY, THOUGH SUFFERING / FROM A MORTAL DISEASE, THE EFFECTS OF HIS EXERTIONS / IN THE TRENCHES, HE BORE THE SEVERITIES OF THE / CLIMATE AND THE HARDSHIPS AND PRIVATIONS OF THE WAR, / WITH THE FORTITUDE AND CHEERFULNESS / OF A CHRISTIAN SOLDIER. / THIS MONUMENT, WHILE RECORDING HIS RESTING PLACE / IN A DISTANT LAND, IS DESIGNED TO REMAIN TO HIS / FAMILY AND FRIENDS A CHERISHED MEMORIAL / OF HIS WORTH AND VALOR.

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