Memorials St Catherine's Montacute

"In loving memory
of
William Hallett Harding
Born at the Abbey Montacute
Aug 19th 1866
Died at Monza Fort, N.W. Rhodesia
April 11th 1901"
Served in the South African Police
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"IN MEMORY OF
THE REVD WM LANGDON. RECTOR OF PYLLE.
OF STOKE. AND VICAR OF THIS PARISH :
TO THE EAST SOMERSET REGT OF YEOMANRY CAVALRY
UNIT DEC 10TH 1825 AGED 87.
AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE. OBIT MARCH 13TH.
1795 AGED 42.
AND FOUR SONS
WILLIAM LANGDON, WHO DIED ON THE COAST OF CHINA.
AND WAS BURIED AT CANTON 1789 AGED 19.
MAJOR GILBERT LANGDON N.R.M. WHO WAS
AT THE BATTLE OF CAMPERDOWN IN H.M. SHIP RUSSELL,
AND IN H.M. SHIP LEYDEN, AT THE ATTACK OF
THE FRENCH FLOTILLA OFF BOLOGNE BY LORD NELSON
IN 1801, OBIT JUNE 29TH 1838 AGED 83.
LIEUT CHARLES LANGDON, 21ST REG BENGAL. N.I.
WHO AFTER SERVING IN A CAMPAIGN UNDER LORD LAKE.
DIED AT AGRA NOV 8TH 1805 AGED 25.
LIEUT JOHN TOBIAS LANGDON . R.N.
WHO WAS WRECKED IN H.M.SHIP ST GEORGE 98 GUNS.
ON THE COAST OF JUTLAND. DEC 21TH 1811 AGED 23.
WHEN ONLY SIX MEN WERE SAVED FROM A CREW OF 730.
Go stranger track the deep.
Free free the white sail spread.
Wave may not team nor wild winds sweep.
Where rest not England's dead.
THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY CAPN WM LANGDON . R.N., M.LC.
OF MONTACUTE TASMANIA.
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"In loving memory of
Colonel Colin Harding CMG, DSO
of this Parish
Born 15 August 1864. Died 3 Jan 1939
A faithful servant of his country."
Served and fought in Matabeleland in 1894 and Mashonaland in 1895. Rhodesia in 1898 and Gold Coast in 1909. Whilst on leave in England in August 1914, he helped raise the 2nd King Edwards Horse and went to France with them in 1915 and served there until invalided out in 1916 when he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order.
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"In memoriam
Captain William Langdon R.N.
M.L.C. Tasmania
Died at Hobart, May 23rd 1879
Aged 89 years."
Joined the Royal Navy in 1804 at the age of 13 and served in the Coalition War

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• Text: Sharky Ward
• Photos: Anthony (Sharky) Ward