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19Th CENTURY MILITARY TRAIL Approx. time Friends of York Cemetery 1½ hours th 19 CENTURY MILITARY TRAIL Registered Charity One of a series of trails to enhance your enjoyment of the Cemetery No. 701091 Best enjoyed: ANYTIME INTRODUCTION This Trail provides you with an interesting walk Crimean War 1853 - 1856 around the Victorian Section of this 'Garden of Death' Indian Mutiny 1857 - 1858 (Part of the Epitaph on the Grave of Charlotte Hall Anglo- Zulu War 1879 who was the first person to be buried in York Anglo-Boer War 1899 - 1902 Cemetery) and compliments our other two Military You will visit the graves of men from all walks of life Trails which cover the WW1 & WW2 conflicts. including an Admiral, survivors of the infamous The 19th Century witnessed many overseas conflicts Charge of the Light Brigade, a recipient of the Victoria and this Trail includes survivors of a few of these Cross and a connection with Royalty. including:- It is hoped that this Trail will encourage you to seek th Peninsular War 1808 - 1814 further information about the many 19 Century Battle of Waterloo 1815 conflicts involving the British and, in doing so, Xhosa Wars 1846 – 1853 remember all those brave men who were involved in Kaffir War 1850 - 1853 them. THE TRAIL !! FOR YOU OWN SAFETY PLEASE KEEP TO THE PATHS AT ALL TIMES !! At the Cemetery Entrance follow the wide Chapel He was appointed Deputy Assistant Commissary- Drive toward the Chapel. Shortly before the Chapel General in March 1880 and on 4 October 1881 he was on your left note the dominant grey marble column sent to Trinidad. Unfortunately, he caught a fever and on a tiered pedestal surmounted by a draped urn, died, aged 27, 10 days after disembarking. He is dedicated to William Henry Winspear interred in Port of Spain, Trinidad.His parents erected this magnificent monument in his memory in 1 - William Henry Winspear (1854 – 1881) November 1882. William’s parents and two sisters are Inscription buried in an adjacent plot. In loving memory of William Henry Winspear Continue past the Chapel, turn right onto a path and Who died Oct 14 1881 aged 27 right again onto Lime Avenue. Opposite the Yew Interred at Port of Spain, Trinidad tree is the monument to Robert Auton. In loving memory of WH Winspear DAC Genl 2 – Robert Auton (1829 – 1860) Only son of Wm Winspear Inscription Micklegate, York Who died of fever 10 days after In memory of disembarking at Trinidad WI Robert Auton th th Octr 14 1881, aged 27 years Late of the 14 Light Dragoons rd He served on the Commissariat Who died November 3 1860 staff in the Zulu war and was Aged 31 at the Battle of Gingindlovu. Served with the Persian Exhibition By his manly bearing christian in 1857 charities he was endeared to all and with the Central India Field Force who knew him, and by his courage in 1857 under the command of Major zeal and ability he gave promise of General Sir Hugh Rose KCB st rising to eminence in his profession. was present at the capture of Dhar 31 Interred at Port of Spain Trinidad October 1857 Actions at Hundersorer 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th November 1857. William, born in the Summer of 1854, was the eldest th child and only son of William (Hairdresser & Capture of Chandaree 17 March 1858 Siege and capture of Jhansi 5th April. Perfumer) and Amelia of Micklegate, York. Action at Koonch 7th May. In June 1873, aged 19, he passed the Preliminary Battle of Colowlee 22nd May. Examinations for situations in the Civil Service, Class Advance on and capture of Calpee and rd III and became Sub-Assistant Commissary in the Pursuit of Rebels 23 May. th Control Department in April 1874. Capture of Morar Cantonments 16 June and recapture of Town He served on the Commissariat Staff during the and Fortress of Gwalior 19th June 1858 Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and was at the Battle of Also…. Gingindlovu of 2 April 1879 between a British relief column sent to break the Siege of Eshowe and a Zulu Continued overleaf impi of King Cetshwayo. York Cemetery - 19th Century Military Trail (Dec 2017).docx 1 Robert Auton continued 4 - John Stainforth (1783 – 1865) Robert, the second of 10 children born to William Inscription (Poulterer) and Margaret was baptised at West Tanfield, near Ripon on 13 September 1829. In memory of Ann He lived with his parents in Petergate until he joined Widow of George Stainforth Esq th the 14 Kings Dragoons (a cavalry regiment also .... th known as the 14 Light Dragoons). .... .... The Dragoons were deployed in the UK until they saw Also of their first Indian deployment in 1841. They remained John Stainforth Esq there until 1860 fighting at Ramnuggur during the Lieut Colonel late of Her First Sikh War. Majesty's 57 Regiment of Foot 1857 saw the Dragoons in both the Anglo-Persian who died January 12th 1865 War and opposing the Indian Mutiny before returning Aged 82 years to Ireland in 1859. .... NO IMAGE AVAILABLE Turn round and head up Lime Avenue on the path. After 50m just beyond the monument to Michael John was born in York in 1783. He joined the 57th Thomas Williams, turn left onto a path. Before the (West Middlesex) Regiment around 1803 and served steps and close to a tree on the left is the Monument as a Captain in the Peninsular War (1808 – 1814). to James Scargill. In 1818 the regiment began 2 years in Ireland and 3 – James Scargill (1793 – 1875) then joined convict ships sailing from Chatham to New South Wales. In 1831 it moved to India where it was posted until 1846. He was present at: Inscription the Battle of Albuera (16 May 1811) where he was wounded; In affectionate remembrance of the Seige of Badajoz (16 March – 2 April Lieut General James Scargill th who died on 18 day of June 1875 1812); nd in the 62 year of his age the Battles of Vitoria (21 June 1813), Not lost but gone before Pyrenees (28 July 1813) where he was again Sacred memory…. wounded, Nive (9 – 13 December 1813), James was born in Middlesex on 25 December 1793, the first child of James Scargill and Maria Hanson. He Orthez (27 February 1814), trained as a ‘Gentleman Cadet’ at the recently Aire (2 March 1814) and established Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was Toulouse (10 April 1814) and was awarded th appointed Ensign to the 9 Regiment (East Norfolk) the Military General Service Medal (MGS) with of Foot in April 1810. 7 clasps for the above actions. From May to December he was at the Siege of Tarifa, The MGS medal was approved on 1 June 1847 as a under Colonel Skerrit, when the French retrospective award for various military actions from unsuccessfully attempted to capture one of the few 1793 – 1814. remaining Anglo-Spanish held strongholds in Records show that John was on half pay in 1816, Andalucia. became Battalion Major in January 1837 and His newspaper obituary states that he served in the Battalion Lieutenant Colonel on the same date Peninsular War(1807 – 1814) and was at the Battle of backdated from 12 November 1844 (He was 60 years Waterloo (June 1815). old). Captain Scargill married Helena Taylor from Tipperary The 1851 Census shows him living on The Mount with in Dublin in 1835 and they had two children, 'Income from land and houses'. He left 'Effects under Frederick Martin (23 October 1836 in Cheltenham) £4000' when he died of 'Old age' on 12 January and Helena Ann (1845 in Kerkyra, Greece) when 1865. He was 82 years old. James was a Major and Governor of the Ionian Islands. Retrace your steps to Lime Avenue & turn left. The 1861 Census records him as a Colonel on half !! TAKE CARE ON THE STEPS !! pay (retired) living in Brighton. He died Lieutenant After 50m and before the Pergola, stop at the General, a widower, on 18 June 1876, aged 82. The junction with a path on your left. On your right and in cause of death was given as ‘Old age, Bronchitis, front of a bench is the monument to Thomas Congestion of the Lungs’. Wilkinson, hero of the Crimean War and York Go ahead down the steps Cemetery's only recipient of the Victoria Cross. !! TAKE CARE ON THE STEPS!! Across the crossroads for a few paces & on the right and hidden amongst the shrubbery is the monument to John Stainforth York Cemetery - 19th Century Military Trail (Dec 2017).docx 2 5 - Thomas Wilkinson VC (1831 – 1887) 6 – Thomas Richardson (1799 – 1867) Inscription Inscription Honour to the Brave Here Lieth To the Memory of …. Thomas Wilkinson …. Pensioner RMA …. who died in the City of York also Thomas son of the above Sepr 22nd 1887 aged 55 years Thomas & Elizabeth Richardson and was interred with full late surgeon major Military Honours Scots Fusilier Guards nd This stone was erected by the Officers who died 2 December 1867 NCOs and Men of the Royal marine Artillery Thomas was born on 4th August 1799. He became a as a token of respect to their late Member of the Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) in comrade Br Wilkinson who May 1822, aged 23. He was gazetted Assistant received the Victoria Cross rd th Legion of Honour, Crimean Surgeon to the 3 Foot Guards on 4 December 1823 and Turkish medals for his and was with his regiment, now renamed The Scots conspicuous Bravery during Fusilier Guards, in Portugal in 1826-1827. The Crimean War He became a Fellow of the RCS by election in 1844 Bombardier Thomas was born in and was promoted to Battalion Surgeon during the Marygate, York in 1831.
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