Memorial

Lieutenant N. H. Arnold

Lieutenant N H Arnold - tablet

Source: Copyright Denis Kenyon

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Current Location

All Saints' Church, Main Street, Tinwell, Rutland, Leicestershire, PE9 3UD, England

TF 00614 06371

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Window
WMR Reference Number: 67523
Description: Three ornate and brightly coloured stained glass windows featuring soldiers in Roman (?) garb with the commemoration along the bottom edge of each window. Another plain commemorative marble tablet set into the wall beneath the windows gives details of Lt. Arnold's military career and death.
Inscription: LHS Window: (name) Cenntre window: LIEUTENANT 1ST MADREAS FUSILIERS RHS window: DIED AT LUCKNOW OCT 6TH 1857 Tablet: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/NELSON HENRY ARNOLD/LIEUTENANT IN THE 1st MADRAS-FUSILIERS/(THIRD SON OF CHARLES AND HELEN ARNOLD)/HE DIED IN LUCKNOW OCT 6th 1857 FROM WOUNDS RECEIVED SEPT 25th/ON ENTERING THAT CITY WITH THE RELIEVING FORCE UNDER SIR H.HAVELOCK/AGED 23 YRS/HE ASSISTED IN THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MUTINY AT BENARES ON JUNE 4th and 5th/AND REACHED ALLAHABAD WITH A SMALL REINFORCEMENT/ON JUNE 7th/AND THE SKILL AND ENERGY/WITH WHICH HE OVERCAME ALL DIFFICULTIES ON HIS WAY/THE SAFTEY OF THAT FORT/WAS ATTRIBUTED BY GENERAL NEILL/HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE GENERAL ON SEVERAL IMPORTANT OPERATIONS/AND WAS HONOURABLY MENTIONED FOR HIS SERVICES/ AT ALLAHABAD ON THE JUMNA/ON THE GANGES AND IN THE BATTLES OF UNAO/BUSSERAT-GUNGE/AND BHITHOOR/WHEN IN HOSPITAL AT LUCKNOW/SIR H.HAVELOCK SENT WORD TO HIM/THROUGH HIS A.D.C/THAT HE INTENDED TO RECOMMEND HIM FOR THE VICTORIA CROSS/HE DIED A PERFECT PEACE/HUMBLY LOOKING FOR SALVATION THROUGH THE FAITH IN THE MERITS OF HIS SAVIOUR

Tablet

Height: 1500 mm

Width: 2000 mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

Window

Made from: Stained Glass

Condition: Good

Historic England

Grade: II

List Entry: NGR: TF0061206369