Brigadier General John Harvey Yorke

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Reference WMO/107686

Address:

St Mary the Virgin Church

Speldhurst Hill

Speldhurst

TN3 0NN

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 Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: A stone tablet with an upper & lower part. The upper part is a highly elaborate sculpture of an urn with a decorated top with garlands and shield plus an oval, inset carving of a foundering masted ship in a rough sea. Surrounding it are a plethora of military equipment pointing outwards against a cloth background. Divided by a heavy cornice is a lower part which shows dedication in incised lettering on a curved bottom stone with columns on either side.
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THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY MARY YORKE/ IN TRIBUTE TO THE WORTH OF HER BELOVED HUSBAND/ JOHN HARVYE YORKE ESQR OF BISHOPS DOWN GROVE/ COL. IN HIS MAJESTY'S ROYAL ARTILLERY/ IN VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND AT AN EARLY AGE, HE WAS DISTINGUISHED/ FOR THE PRINCIPLES WHICH BEST ADORN A MAN AND A SOLDIER/ HE WAS HUMANE, FRIENDLY, GENEROUS AND BRAVE:/ AND FROM HIS ZEAL AND ABILITY IN A FORMER CONQUEST OF THE/ CAPE OF GOOD HOPE WAS SELECTED WITH THE RANK OF BRIGADIER GENERAL/ TO COMMAND THE ARTILLERY ON A SECOND EXPEDITION THERE./ ON HIS VOYAGE TO WHICH PLACE, IN NOBLY VENTURING HIS LIFE/ TO SAVE HIS FELLOW SOLDIERS/ HE WAS DROWNED OFF THE COAST OF BRAZIL/ NOVEMBER THE 1ST 1805,/ AGED 50

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