Title:

Baron/Lord

Military Rank:

Common Soldier

First Name:

Lucius

Last Name:

Carey

Memorial Type:

Monument - Other

Does the monument still exist?

Yes

Installation Date:

1878

Inscription:

EAST SIDE: TOGETHER THEY LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES, EACH TO RECEIVE UNDYING PRAISE, AND TO BE ENTOMBED, MORE GLORIOUSLY THAN WHERE THEY LIE, IN THE ETERNAL MEMORY OF THIER DEEDS; FOR THE WHOLE EARTH IS THE TOMB OF GREAT MEN./ THUCYDIDES II,43 (IN GREEK)

WEST SIDE: IUSTUM BELLUM QUIEUS/ NECESSARIUM ET PIA ARMA/ QUIEUS NULLA NISI IN/ ARMIS RELINQUITUR SPES./ LIVY IX,I

NORTH SIDE: IN MEMORY OF THOSE/ WHO, ON THE 20TH SEPTEMBER, 1643/ FELL FIGHTING IN THE ARMY OF KING CHARLES I,/ ON THE FIELD OF NEWBURY, AND ESPECIALLY/ LUCIUS CARY, VISCOUNT FALKLAND/ WHO DIED HERE IN THE 34TH YEAR OF HIS AGE./ THIS MONUMENT IS SET UP BY THOSE TO WHOM/ THE MAJESTY OF THE CROWN AND/ THE LIBERTIES OF THIER COUNTRY ARE DEAR.

SOUTH SIDE: THE BLOOD OF MAN IS WELL SHED/ FOR OUR FAMILY,/ FOR OUR FRIENDS, FOR OUR GOD,/ FOR OUR COUNTRY, FOR OUR KIND;/ THE REST IS VANITY,/ THE REST IS CRIME./ BURKE

Allegiance:

Royalist

Condition:

Good

Memorial Notes:

Submitted by Roy Bailey