Brigadier General William Burton Tylden

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Reference WMO/219304

Address:

St Mary's Church

Kettle Hill Road

Eastling

ME13 0AZ

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Other monument
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Crimean War (1853-1856)
About the memorial: located next to side entrance behind organ
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IN/ MEMORY/ OF/ BRIGADIER GENERAL/ WILLIAM BURTON TYLDEN/ OF THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS/ YOUNGEST SON OF RICHARD TYLDEN ESQ.,/ OF THE MANOR HOUSE IN THIS PARISH/ BORN APRIL 8TH 1790 DIED SEPT. 22ND 1854/ HE MARRIED/ FIRST LECILENA, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF/ WILLIAM BALDWIN ESQ., OF STEDE HILL/ AND SECONDLY MARY, ELDEST DAUGHTER OF/ THE REV. GEORGE DINELY GOODYEAR/ RECTOR OF OTTERDEN/ BOTH IN THIS COUNTY/ AFTER FORTY EIGHT YEARS OF ACTIVE AND/ INERITORIOUS SERVICE INCLUDING THE/ CAPTURE OF LA. SPEZZIA MARCH 29TH 1814,/ AND THE CAPITULATION OF GENOA, HE WAS/ APPOINTED COMMANDING ENGINEER WITH THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE EXPEDITION TO/ THE CRIMEA, AND WAS PRESENT AT THE BATTLE/ OF THE ALMA SEPT. 20TH 1854, DEPARTING THIS/ LIFE THROUGH FATIGUE AND SICKNESS/ ON THE SECOND DAY FOLLOWING,/ HIS BODY WAS INTERRED ON THE BATTLE-/ FIELD AND AFTER REMAINING TWO YEARS/ UNDISTURBED WAS REMOVED AND FINALLY/ DEPOSITED IN THE FAMILY VAULT IN THIS/ CHURCHYARD SEPT.25TH 1856, THROUGH THE/ KIND ATTENTION OF SOME OF HIS BROTHER/ OFFICERS AND THE AFFECTIONATE CARE OF/ HIS WIDOW AND RELATIVES BY WHOM THE/ MEMORY OF HIS RELIGIOUS AND CONSISTENT/ CHARACTER IS A DEEPLY REVERED AS/ IT IS HOPEFULLY CHERISHED.

Brigadier general William Burton Tylden

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