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Location
In St John's Church, High Park Road, Ryde, Isle of Wight, PO33. See map on www.streetmap.co.uk National Inventory of War Memorials Record Link : NIWM Reference 40828 English Heritage Listing Status St John's Church is Listed Grade II. Since the Memorial forms part of the Church fabric, it is assumed to be covered by the Listing. Description A brass plaque to the memory of Lord Calthorpe, a Crimean War officer. |
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Memorial
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Inscription
SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF LIEUT:GENERAL THE RIGHT HONORABLE SOMERSET JOHN LORD CALTHORPE, K.C.B. BORN 23RD JANUARY 1831 DIED 16TH NOVEMBER 1912 ---- SERVED AS A.D.C. TO FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN DURING THE CRIMEAN WAR, AND WAS PRESENT AT THE BATTLES OF THE ALMA, BALACLAVA AND INKERMAN, AND DURING THE SIEGE OF SEVASTOPOL COMMANDED THE 5TH DRAGOON GUARDS FROM 1861 TO 1869 WAS CHAIRMAN OF THE ISLE OF WIGHT COUNTY COUNCIL FROM ITS COMMENCEMENT IN 1890 UNTIL 1898 JUST, GENEROUS, KIND GREATLY BELOVED Further Information From the Dictionary of National Biography entry for Lord Cardigan : He (Cardigan) reacted vigorously to the assertion by one of Raglan's aides-de-camp, the Hon. S. J. G. Calthorpe, in his book Letters from Headquarters, that he had returned down the valley at Balaklava without waiting to rally survivors: he started legal proceedings and challenged Lucan to a duel for supporting Calthorpe. Farce then ensued when Lucan arrived in Paris after his would-be opponent had recrossed the channel. Cardigan's legal action also failed, having been initiated five years after the alleged libel.. See The Crimean War Research Society for more details of Calthorpe's activities in the Crimean War. |
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