- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 41305
- Description
- PLAIN WHITE MARBLE INSCRIPTION TABLET WITH TRIANGULAR PEDIMENT MOUNTED ONTO A BLACK MARBLE BACKBOARD. CARVED CLOTH DRAPED OVER THE TOP RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THE TABLET. AT THE BASE ARE A SHAKO, SWORD AND MEDALS AWARDED TO Lieutenant NEWTON CARVED IN RELIEF
- Inscription
- IN MEMORY OF/ LIEUT CHARLES NEWTON/ OF THE 16TH REGT BENGAL GRENADIERS/ FOURTH SON OF JOHN NEWTON/ OF CALARRLEY PARK, TUNBRIDGE WELLS, ESQ./ WHO, AFTER FOUR YEARS ARDOUS SERVICE IN AFGHANISTAN,/ FELL IN THE HARD FOUGHT BATTLE OF MAHARAMPOOR/ IN THE EAST INDIES ON THE 19TH DECEMEBER 1843,/ IN THE 23RD YEAR OF HIS AGE./ SEVERELY WOUNDED IN STORMING THE FIRST POSITION OF THE ENEMY/ HIS ARDENT COURAGE WOULD NOT SUFFER HIM/ TO LEAVE THE FIELD THOUGH REQUESTED TO DO SO/ AND IN LEADING HIS COMPANY/ TO THE ASSAULT OF THEIR SECOND LINE/ HE FELL PIERCED WITH FOUR OTHER BALLS/ AND DIED IN CAMP THE SAME EVENING./ HIS MORTAL REMAINS/ WERE CONSIGNED TO THE EARTH WITH MILITARY HONOURS/ ON THE FOLLOWING DAY, AT THE CAMP OF DUNAILA,/ WHERE HIS BROTHER OFFICERS/ HAVE SINCE ERECTED A MONUMENT TO HIS MEMORY/ EXPRESSIVE OF THEIR ESTEEM AND AFFECTION./ THUS DIED A YOUTHFUL SOLDIER, GENTLE, ABLE AND BRAVE;/ OF HOPEFUL PROMISE TO HIS COUNTRY./ BELOVED AND LAMENTED BY HIS COMRADES,/ EXPLORED NOW DEEPLY BY HIS SORROWING FAMILY;/ WHO YET SORROW NOT "AS OTHERS WHICH WHICH HAVE NO HOPE,"/ FOR THIS YOUNG SOLDIER WAS A CHRISTIAN,/ WHOSE FAITH WAS FOUNDED ON THE WORD OF GOD,/ AND WHOSE LIFE WAS RULED BY/ HIS HOLY PRECEPTS.