Memorial

Midshipman C A E Huddart

Tablet

Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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Current Location

Located at the entrance to the Resurrection Chapel., St Mary Abbots Church, Kensington Church Street, Kensington, Kensington And Chelsea, Greater London, W8 4LA, England

OS Grid Reference

TQ 25620 79710

Denomination

Church of England

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 47658
Description: Tablet
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF/ CYMBELINE ALONSO EDRIC HUDDART R.N./ OF H.M.S. DORIS, SOUTH AFRICAN STATION/ YOUNGEST BELOVED SON OF LOIS AND/ JAMES HUDDART, BORN AT MELBOURNE/ 6TH JANUARY 1881, KILLED IN ACTION/ AND BURIED AT GRASPAN CAPE COLONY,/ ON 25TH NOVEMBER 1899./ "IT IS WITH DEEP REGRET THAT I HAVE TO REPORT THE/ DEATH OF MIDSHIPMAN HUDDART, WHO BEHAVED MAGNIFICENTLY/ AND STILL ADVANCED AFTER HE HAD BEEN TWICE WOUNDED/ UNTIL HE WAS FINALLY STRUCK DOWN MORTALLY WOUNDED."/ "THE QUEEN READ WITH FEELINGS OF ADMIRATION AND/ PRIDE THE RECORD BY HIS COMMANDING OFFICER OF/ THE NOBLE CONDUCT OF YOUR SON, WHOSE HEROIC BUT/ UNTIMELY DEATH HER MAJESTY DEEPLY REGRETS."/ "THE DORIS SENT ONE OF THE MOST GALLANT BOYS THAT/ EVER LIVED MIDSHIPMAN HUDDART WHO CHARGING UP THE/ HILL AT GRASPAN CONTINUED TO ADVANCE AFTER HE HAD/ BEEN TWICE WOUNDED AND AT LAST FELL MORTALLY HURT/ IN THE MOMENT OF VICTORY."/ EXTRACT FROM SPEECH OF FIRST LORD OF THE ADMIRALTY/ ROYAL ACADEMY BANQUET 5TH MAY 1900/ "BLESSED ARE THE PURE IN HEART FOR THEY SHALL SEE GOD."

Commemoration

War: Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of birth,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,additional

Conservation

Components

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good