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Title
Henry Lane (1827–1895) Memorial Drinking Fountain
Date
1898
Medium
York stone, red granite & brick
Measurements
H 471 x W 122 x D 122 cm;
Plinth: H 87 x W 226 x D 226 cm
Accession number
TN39_LS_S026
Acquisition method
commissioned by public subscription
Work type
Water fountain, trough or pump
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
25th June 1898
Listing date
23/08/76
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
north face, inscribed to the right of the fountain basin: J.WHITEHEAD AND SONS LTD / WESTMINSTER
Inscription description
on the north face, carved, gold painted letters, above a portrait relief: ERECTED I898; below the portrait relief: LT COLONEL HENRY LANE / LATE 5th BENGAL LIGHT CAVALRY / BORN AT GHAZEEPORE INDIA, / 23RD OCTR 1827 / DIED AT BROADOAK BEXHILL / 1ST APRIL 1895; on the south face, carved into the stone: THIS MONUMENT / HAS BEEN ERECTED TO / THE MEMORY OF / LT COLONEL HENRY LANE / BY COLLEAGUES AND / FRIENDS OF THE DISTRICT OF / BEXHILL AND EAST SUSSEX / UNVEILED / JUNE 25TH 1898 / BY MRS LANE, WIDOW / ASSISTED BY / EARL DE LA WARR / AND LORD BRASSEY K.C.B.; on the east face, carved into the stone: ARMY SERVICES / FOUGHT IN THE / SUTLEJ CAMPAIGN 1845 / PRESENT AT MOODKEE, SOBRAON / ALLIWAL FEROZESHUHUR / PUNJAUB CAMPAIGN 1848 / PRESENT AT / GOOJERAT AND CHILIANWAL, / LUCKNOW, / AND RELIEF OF LUCKNOW 1858; on the west face, carved into the stone: LT COLONEL HENRY LANE / DC. JP. CA. / FIRST CHAIRMAN / BEXHILL LOCAL BOARD / 1884 / FIRST CHAIRMAN / BEXHILL URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL / 1894 / PRESIDENT / BEXHILL INSTITUTE /PRESIDENT / BEXHILL LIBERAL ASSOCIATION / PRESIDENT / BEXHILL CENTRE / ST JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION