Memorial

Lieutenant R C Goodenough

Lieutenant Reginald Cyril Goodenough Trophy of Arms

Source: Copyright John Scurr

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Current Location

St Bartholomew's Church, Church View, Whittingham, Alnwick, Northumberland, NE66 4UP, England

NU 06630 11940

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 34056
Description: Wall-mounted white marble tablet surmounted by a relief trophy of arms including a shako and Colours of the 97th Regiment of Foot.
Inscription: TO THE MEMORY OF/ REGINALD CYRIL GOODENOUGH/ AGED 18/ LIEUTENANT OF THE 97TH REGIMENT OF FOOT/ FIRST BORN SON OF/ THE REV. ROBERT GOODENOUGH, M.A./ VICAR OF WHITTINGHAM./ HE FELL MORTALLY WOUNDED WITHIN THE GREAT REDAN BATTERY/ SEBASTOPOL/ ON THE 8TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1855/ HAVING LED ON HIS SOLDIERS TO THE ASSAULT/ IN THE FIRST STORMING PARTY./ THIS MONUMENT/ IS ERECTED BY HIS SORROWING FRIENDS,/ INHABITANTS OF THIS/ HIS NATIVE PARISH AND THE IMMEDIATE NEIGHBOURHOOD/ WHO WITNESSED HIS EARLY PROMISE/ AND MOURN HIS UNTIMELY DEATH/ I KNOW THAT MY REDEEMER LIVETH.

War: Crimean War (1853-1856)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forenames, age, relationships

Sponsor Type: private, public
Sponsored By: His parents commissioned and raised Public Subscriptionto help

Tablet

Made from: Marble - White

Condition: Good

Backboard

Made from: Marble - Black

Condition: Good