[90289] St Lawrence, Bidborough : entitled to three medals

St Lawrence, Bidborough, Kent.

Major George Nicholas Hardinge (d1858).

Major General Richard Hardinge (d1864).

Caroline Johnstone Hardinge (1799-1874).

 

TO THE MEMORY OF MAJOR GEORGE NICHOLAS HARDINGE, OF THE BENGAL ARMY, WHO SERVED IN THE SUTLEJ AND PUNJAUB CAMPAIGNS AND THROUGHOUT THE DEFENCE OF LUCKNOW: FROM THE EFFECTS OF THAT MEMORABLE SIEGE HE DIED ON HIS PASSAGE HOME IN MARCH 1858, AGED 29. HE HAD BEEN FOUR TIMES WOUNDED AND WAS ENTITLED TO THREE MEDALS. HE HAD BEEN HONOURABLY MENTIONED BY LORD GOUGH AND BRIGADIER INGLIS IN THEIR DESPATCHES, AND THE GOVERNOR GENERAL REMARKED IN HIS ORDERS THAT "HE HAD PROVED HIMSELF WORTHY OF HIS SOLDIER'S NAME". HIS HEROISM, GENEROSITY, AND CHRISTIAN FORTITUDE SHED A LUSTRE ON HIS LIFE AND CAUSED HIM TO BE LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. "HE THAT ENDURETH TO THE END SHALL BE SAVED".

 

ALSO OF MAJOR GENERAL RICHARD HARDINGE, KH, ROYAL ARTILLERY (FATHER OF THE ABOVE) WHO SERVED IN THE THREE LAST WELLINGTON CAMPAIGNS AND WAS ENGAGED AT VITTORIA, ST SEBASTIAN, ORTHES, TOULOUSE, QUATRE BRAS AND LIGNY: DISTINGUISHED ALIKE FOR BRAVERY AND GENTLENESS, HE DIED JULY 20TH 1864, AGED 74.

 

ALSO OF CAROLINE JOHNSTONE HARDINGE, HIS FAITHFUL WIFE, BORN 12 JUNE 1799, DIED 5 JAN 1874.

 

Done