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This is an interesting headstone which stands under the Yew Tree at All Saints Church. The inscription reads as below:

In Memory Of


William  Bacon a native of this parish, who fell in battle October 25th 1854 aged 30 years.

And of William Broome, his brother-in-law who met a soldiers death at the same time and place aged 35 years.

They were privates in the 17th Lancers and fell in the death ride at Balaklava. John Bacon their brother of the same regiment escaped unhurt from the same desperate charge.

             
                           Charge was the captains cry
                           There's was to make reply
                           Theirs not to question why
                           There's but to do or die
                            Into the valley of death
                            Rode the six hundred

                            Honour the brave and bold
                            Long shall the tale be told
                            Yea when our babes are old
                            How they rode onward.

"Thou hast guided me with strength unto the battle"

The 17th Lancers made their most famous charge as part of the Light Brigade at Balaclava. The 17th Lancers were front & centre of the charge.
Of the 147 17th Lancers that charged, only 38 answered the roll call after the battle. For their gallant actions that day, three Victoria Crosses were awarded to members of the Regiment.
There were actually 673 men involved in the charge.

The 17th Lancers preparing to charge

An officer of the 17th Lancers
attacking a Cossack Cavalryman.

An officer of the 17th Lancers

This copper bugle was blown by Trumpeter Billy Brittain to sound the Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854. He was seriously wounded and died of his wounds.

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