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St Nicolas stained glass window.  

South Wall - Cornet Francis GEARY Monument.

An article relating to the death of Cornet Francis Geary in the American War of Independence can be found by clicking on the following title link.

The ambush of Geary's Dragoons.From Fact to Fantasy The British 16th Light Dragoons and the Raid on Flemington, New Jersey, December 14, 1776.

 Written by Gilbert RIDDLE, once of the 2nd New Jersey Regiment ( now moved to the Carolina's)

Below is a photograph of the memorial to Cornet Francis Geary in Flemington, Hunterdon Co, New Jersey.  Our thanks to Richard Higgins who took the photos and brought them to St Nicolas Church on a visit to the UK. (March 2006) (Legend says that Cornet Francis Geary haunted the wood where he was killed). The GEARYs lived at Polesden Lacey, Gt Bookham from 1847 onwards - see the GEARY ancestry