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Title
The Louis Nolan Memorial
Date
2013
Medium
bronze, Kentish ragstone & Clipsham stone
Accession number
ME14_MC_S002
Acquisition method
commissioned by Maidstone Borough Council
Work type
Statue
Owner
Maidstone Borough Council
Custodian
Maidstone Borough Council
Work status
extant
Unveiling date
16th April 2013
Access
at all times
Inscription description
plaque one: IN MEMORY OF / LEWIS (sic) EDWARD NOLAN / CAPTAIN OF THE 15TH KING'S HUSSARS / AND ADC TO MAJOR GENERAL AIREY, / QUARTER MASTER TO THE FORCES / IN THE CRIMEA HE FELL AT THE HEAD OF / THE LIGHT CAVALRY BRIGADE / IN THE CHARGE AT BALAKLAVA / ON THE 25TH OCTOBER 1854 / AGED 36 GENERAL SIR GEORGE BERKELEY K.C.B / ON WHOSE STAFF HE SERVED IN INDIA, / GENERAL AIREY, / HIS BROTHER OFFICERS AND OTHER FRIENDS, / HAVE ERECTED THIS TABLET / AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE OF THEIR ESTEEM / AND AFFECTIONATE REGARD, / FOR THE MEMORY OF ONE / OF THE MOST GALLANT, INTELLIGENT / AND ENERGETIC OFFICERS / IN HER MAJESTY'S SERVICE Plaque 2: Rather than return to Brigadier General Airey, / Nolan obtained permission to ride with the cavalry. / The charge started at a walk and Nolan crossed in front of Lord Cardigan, / pointing to the Causeway Heights. / As he did so, a Russian shell exploded nearby and a piece of shrapnel / tore into his chest killing him instantly. / The casualties in the Charge of the Light Brigade were heavy / of 664 men who took part, / 110 were killed, 130 wounded and 58 were taken prisoner / 362 horses died. / Captain Louis Nolan was hastily buried in a shallow grave / in the ditch of number 5 redoubt. / A memorial was placed by his friends in the Holy Trinity Church near to this monument. / (...poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson )