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--- "Greenock Advertiser" 28 Nov 1854, page 1:
Deaths Amongst Nobility at Inkerman
There is scarcely a family in the peerage that is not placed in mourning by the recent actions in the East.
Commencing with the officers of the staff, we find amongst the list of killed:--- . . .
Captain the Hon. Granville Charles Cornwallis Eliot, Coldstream Guards, second son of the Earl St. Germans, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland.
Captain the Hon. Henry Aldworth Neville, Grenadier Guards, third son of Lord Braybrooke, whose youngest son, the Hon. Grey Neville, was severely wounded in the cavalry engagement on the heights of Balaklava on the 25th ult.
--- "Essex Herald" 28 Nov 1854, page 2:
SAFFRON WALDON.
Amongst the killed at Inkerman was Capt. the Hon. Henry Aldworth Neville, Grenadier Guards, third son of Lord Braybrooke, whose youngest son, the Hon. Grey Neville, was severely wounded in the cavalry engagement on the heights of Balaklava, on the 25th ultimo.
The Patriotic Fund.--- A public meeting in furtherance of this object was held at the Town-hall, on Friday last, James Starling, Esq. mayor, in the chair, when it was moved by the Rev. R. Clutton, vicar, seconded by Joshua Clarke, Esq. ex-mayor, and resolved unanimously "That this meeting anxious to evince its sympathy for the widows and orphans of those soldiers, sailors, and marines of her Majesty's forces who may fall in battle or die whilst engaged in the present war, pledges itself earnestly to promote subscriptions in aid of the Patriotic Fund, for the relief, education, and support of such widows and orphans." An active and influential committee was forthwith appointed to carry the above resolution into effect. The same meeting unanimously resolved to forward a vote of condolence and sympathy to the Right Hon. Lord Braybrooke, in consequence of the great grief his family have been thrown into by the death in the battle of Inkerman, of his son the Hon. H. Aldworth Neville. --- Before the meeting separated between 30 pounds and 40 pounds was subscribed, and on Saturday the rev. the vicar and others of the committee commenced a house to house collection.
The Board of Guardians of the Walden Union have also forwarded a letter of condolence to Lord Braybrooke and his family. Mr. Neville, we learn, fell with 4 bullets in his person, and lingered for 7 hours; yet, painful as this fact is, it must be a considerable relief to the feelings of the mournful circle that they have heard from their youngest son, Mr. Grey Neville, who was wounded at Balaklava, that he is doing well.
--- "Chelmsford Chronicle" 12 Oct 1855, page 3:
SAFFRON WALDON.
During the past week a neat and eleaborate mural monument has been placed in the chancel of the parish church, to the memory of the two sons of the Right Hon. Lord Braybrooke, who nobly fell during the Crimea campaign. The design and execution of this memento was entrusted to that eminent artist, Mr. Thomas Milnes, of 3, Judd Place East, London, and reflects the highest praise on his artistic skill. The following is the inscription on the tablet:--- "Sacred to the Memory of two gallant young Officers, the third and fifth sons of Lord and Lady Braybrooke, who, having accompanied their Regiments to the Crimea, were both cut off in the short space of the week while nobly fighting for their Queen and country. The Hon. Henry Aldworth Neville, Captain in the Grenadier Guards, after sharing in the glories of the memorable day, at Alma, was mortally wounded at the battle of Inkermann, Nov. 5th, 1854, and expired a few hours after, aged 30. The Hon. Grey Neville, Cornet in teh 5th Dragoon Guards, died in the hospital at Scutari, Nov. 11th, 1854, of wounds received in the charge of the heavy cavalry, at Balaclava, Oct. 25th, aged24. In the sight of the unwise they seemed to die, and their departure is taken for misery, and their going from us to be utter destruction, but they are in peace. Wisdom iii. 2, 3."
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