Memorial Details
Memorial
Column Bolton Balaclava 1854 St. Edmund's Churchyard
Reference
S119.05
Place
SEDGEFIELD
Map ref
NZ 356288
Original Location
St. Edmund’s Churchyard, Cross Hill TS21 3AT
Which war
Crimea 1854
Memorial Description
Square Column with pillars at the four corners and a pedimented top containing a badge raised in half relief. The lettering is in variety of fonts, the lettering interspersed with leafy designs. There are further letters on the top of the plinth which cannot be read from the photograph. (...S Park?)
Materials used
Stone
Inscription
Stone
is
erected by
his Friends
in memory of
Frederick Hardwicke
Bolton
aged 21 years
Serjeant
in the
Vl th
Inniskilling Dragoons
who fell in the
Memorable Charge
Heavy Cavalry
at
Balaklava
on the 25th October
MDCCCLIV
Beloved by all who knew him.
Names
See above
How money was raised
Erected by his friends
Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material
Photos: C. Sanders; David Hillerby
External web link
Research acknowledgements
C. Sanders; D. Hillerby
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Column Bolton Balaclava 1854 St. Edmund's Churchyard (S119.05)
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