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Hardinge - Taken by Les Featherstone 03 Mar 2009
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Tablet - Taken by North West Kent Family History Society 23 Jul 2013
Reference WMO/71033
Address:
St Lawrence's Church
High Street
South wall of chancel
Bidborough
TN3 0UH
England
Open large map- Stone Stone (any)
- Indian Mutiny (1857-1858)
- Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
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TO THE MEMORY OF/ MAJOR,/ GEORGE NICHOLAS HARDINGE,/ OF THE BENGAL ARMY,/ WHO SERVED IN THE SUTLEJ AND PUNJAUB CAMPAIGNS,/ AND THROUGHOUT THE DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW:/ FROM THE EFFECTS OF THAT MEMORABLE SIEGE,/ HE DIED ON HIS PASSAGE HOME/ IN MARCH 1858, AGED 29./ HE HAD BEEN FOUR TIMES WOUNDED,/ AND WAS ENTITLED TO THREE MEDALS;/ HE HAD BEEN HONOURABLY MENTIONED BY LORD GOUGH/ AND BRIGADIER INGLIS IN THEIR DESPATCHES, AND/ THE GOVERNOR GENERAL REMARKED IN HIS ORDERS, THAT/ 'HE HAD PROVED HIMSELF WORTHY OF HIS SOLDIER'S NAME'./ hIS HEROISM, GENEROSITY, AND CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE,/ SHED A LUSTRE ON HIS LIFE/ AND CAUSED HIM TO BE LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM./ 'HE THAT ENDURETH TO THE END SHALL BE SAVED'./ ALSO OF MAJOR GENERAL RICHARD HARDINGE, K.H./ ROYAL ARTILLERY, (FATHER OF THE ABOVE)/ WHO SERVED IN THE THREE LAST WELLINGTON CAMPAIGNS,/ AND WAS ENGAGED AT VITTORIA, ST. SEBASTIAN,/ ORTHES, TOULOUSE, QUATRE BRAS, AND LIGNY:/ DISTINGUISHED ALIKE FOR BRAVERY AND GENTLENESS,/ HE DIED JULY 20th 1864, AGED 74./ ALSO OF CAROLINE JOHNSTONE HARDINGE,/ HIS FAITHFUL WIFE, BORN 12 JUNE 1799, DIED 5 JANry 1874.
GEORGE NICHOLAS HARDINGE, RICHARD HARDINGE
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