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Royal Tunbridge Wells and the Heroes War Memorial
By Mark on May 12, 2008
Tunbridge Wells is my largest town next to Crowborough, it is a very busy town with a large shopping centre (Victoria centre) which is over two levels. Open all year round except Christmas Day and New Years Day.
The Local BBC Television News Station and Local BBC radio station are based in the town opposite the local train station. Tunbridge Wells also has two theatres, assembly hall and The Trinity Arts Centre, as well as the High Rocks.
Here is the memorial statue of heroes from World War One and World War two. These men fought for our country for freedom and security. Every year on the 11th November there is a celebration for these men and there lives and to say thank you for what they did.
Here in Tunbridge Wells is Trinity Arts Centre, It relies on company’s and sponsorships as well as the general public to keep this magnificent place going. Plus this building produces excellent talent on and off the stage. And classic performances as well as new shows. I heard on the local news that the Trinity Arts Centre was struggling to find funds.
Find out more about Tunbridge Wells
- Google Earth Coordinates: 51° 7′56.81″N 0°15′47.94″E
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- Learn about Tunbridge Wells on Wikipedia
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Nick Ramsay, exploring the world from a zabuton in Japan.
12:40 pm on May 12th, 2008
It’s a shame the Trinity Arts Center isn’t getting many funds. I guess people prefer the fast-food style entertainment of television these days.
4:57 pm on June 23rd, 2008
I RIKE, I RIKE
6:50 pm on June 24th, 2008
What does that mean LOL sounds fun though
5:54 pm on October 16th, 2008
Respectable Sir,
My great grand father Mr.Kala Khan and his two nephews
Mr. Hadatulla Khan and Mr. khan Ali Khan did job in British Army.
They were Tailor in British Army
Mr. Kala Khan (Tailor Master) did job in British Army for about 21 years.
They performed his services in unit of
10 BATTERY R.A ( 1891 – 1898 )
12 BATTERY R.F.A ( 1898 _ 1902 )
78 BATTERY R.F.A ( 1903 _ 1913 )
His two nephews also performed his services
Mr. Hadatulla Khan
Mr. Khan Ali Khan
Mr. Kala Khan passed away in January 1913 when he returned
home from his unit 78 BATTERY R.F.A ( 77 campbellpur Attack)
we have been living in this house since one century,this house is in same condition as Mr. Kala Khan built be fore.
I have some certificate handwriting & signature army officers.
The British Officer named in the certificates was
1. Sir PERCEVAL, EDWARD MAXWELL, Major General
Sir PERCEVAL, EDWARD MAXWELL, Major, was born 13 August 1861, at Bellewstown, County Meath, Ireland, son of General John Maxwell Perceval, CB, JP, Colonel of the Suffolk Regiment, and of Isabel Catherine, daughter of the Reverend The Honourable R Maude, Dean of Clogher. He was educated at the Royal Academy, Gosport, and at the Royal Military Academy (has passed the Staff College, and held the Diploma of the Royal Geographical Society), and was gazetted to the Royal Artillery as Lieutenant, 19 May 1880. He became Captain 4 August 1888, and Major 23 February 1898, serving in India and Burma.
Mr Sir PERCEVAL, EDWARD MAXWELL visited our house for lunch and gifted book with pleasure & happy mood.
we have the crokery in which Sir PERCEVAL, EDWARD MAXWELL had lanch with us .
my great grand father stitched bridal clothes of Sir PERCEVALEDWARD MAXWELL .
I have 1 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & atugraf PERCEVAL, EDWARD MAXWELL (Certificate Date september 1893 Multan as Capton )
One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself
I have ………Book,& Crokery, & Certificate,& name of cloth documents( 4 item )
2. Sir General Sir Walter Mervyn St George Kirke
General Sir Walter Mervyn St George Kirke
Entered Royal Artillery, 1896; Capt. 1901; Bt Major, 1914; Major, 1914; Bt LtCol 1915; Bt Col 1917; served in Waziristan Campaign, 1901-1902 (medal and clasp); Commandant Bhamo Bn Burma Military Police; commanded Wellaung, Punitive Expedition in S. Chin Hills, 1905-1906; psc; GSO, 3rd Grade, at War Office, 1912; 2nd Grade on mobilisation, 1914; served European War, 1914-1918 (despatches six times, Bt LtCol, Bt Col, CB, DSO, CMG, Order of the Crown of Belgium, Officer Legion of Honour, French and Belgian Croix de Guerre, White Eagle of Serbia, Comdr, George I of Greece); Deputy Director Military Operations, 1918-1922; Colonel on the Staff, GS Aldershot, 1922-1924; head of British Naval, Military, and Air Force Mission to Finland, 1924-1925 (Commander White Rose of Finland, Grand Cross 1939 and Finnish Meritorious Service Medal 1939); President InterAllied Commission of Investigation for Hungary; Deputy Chief of the General Staff in India, 1926-1929;
Commander 5th Division and Catterick Area, 1929-1931; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command, 1933-1936
Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, 07.01.1934-1946; Honorary Colonel 70th Anti-Aircraft Regiment (now 470th HAA Regiment TA) 1934-1939; and 2/5th The Queen’s Royal Regiment, 1939; Pres. Witley and District Branch of British Legion and RA Assoc., Surrey; Vice-President, RUSI and Old Contemptibles, Godalming.
Sir.
My great grand father nephews Hadatullah Khan stitched clothes of General Walter Mervyn St George Kirke . I have 1 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & atugraf Sir Walter Mervyn St George Kirke
( Documents Date 25/01/1900 As a Lieutenant )
One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself.
I have…….. Certificate,& name of cloth documents( 2 item )
3. Col Leslie Herbert, QUERIPEL(1881-1963)
Born in 1881; cadet, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1898; 2nd Lt, Royal Field Artillery, 1899; joined 12 Battery, 1900; served in North China, 1900-1901; served in India, 1901-1914; commanded 7 Ammunition Column, 1901; Lt, 1901; commanded 12 Battery, 1902-1903; Range Officer, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery, Madras Command, 1903-1905; Capt, 1908; Instructor, Army School of Signalling, Poona, 1908; Assistant Inspector , Army Signalling, Southern Army, 1908; raised and commanded 5 Ammunition Column, 1909; raised and commanded 33 Indian Divisional Signalling Company, 1911; raised and commanded 36 Indian Divisional Signalling Company, 1914; Maj 1914; Deputy Director of Army Signals and Telegraphs, Mesopotamia, 1915; Director of Army Signals and Telegraphs, Mesopotamia, 1916; served with 112 Bde, Royal Field Artillery, France, 1918, and with 65 Battery and 28 Bde, Royal Field Artillery, Black Sea, 1920-1921; Lt Col, 1921; commanded 6 Reserve Bde, 1921-1922; commanded 16 Bde, India, 1922-1924; Commander Corps of Royal Artillery, Southern Command, India, 1924; Col, 1925; Commander, 28 Air Defence Bde, Tonbridge, 1925; retired pay, 1930; died in 1963.
My great grand father nephews Hadatullah Khan stitched clothes of Col Leslie Herbert, QUERIPEL . I have 1 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & atugraf Sir Col Leslie Herbert, QUERIPEL .
( Documents Date 27/06/1900 As a 2Lieutenant )
One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself.
I have…….. Certificate,& name of cloth documents( 2 item )
4. Sir lieutenant colonel Charles Naesmyth Bruere Ballard
The British Officer named in the certificates was Charles Naesmyth Bruere Ballard who later became lieutenant colonel of the 15th Brigade Royal Field Artillery and was killed in action at the Pas de Calais, France on 11th February 1915.He live in Edinburgh Scotland. He was the son of George Alexander Ballard, a member of the Madras Civil Service who lived at Garden Reach, Calcutta and his mother was Julia Mary Anderson
my great grand father stitched clothes of Sir Charles Naesmyth Bruere Ballard.
I have 2 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & atugraf Charles Naesmyth Bruere Ballard(Documents Date 1894&1898 As a Lieutenant & As a Capton)
One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself.
I have………….. 2 Certificate, & cloth documents ( 3 item )
Dear Sir,
I want to present all these things( documents,crokery,Book, name of clothes document ) to any officers family member.
Plz help me
Anxiously awaiting your reply
Rubnawaz Balouch
House no 1962 Mohallah GIllania Wala i/s Haram Gate Multan Pakistan
syed_ali_naqi@yahoo.com
12:46 pm on October 19th, 2008
no problem please use my website if it helps at all that is fine by me. thanks for an excellent comment thanks mark.
6:17 pm on December 22nd, 2009
Dir sir,mad,
My great grand father Mr.Kala Khan did job in British Army.
They were Tailor in British Army (Royal Artillery).
Sir,
Mr. Kala Khan (Tailor Master) did job in British Army for about 21 years.
They performed his services in unit of
10 BATTERY R.A (1892 – 1898)
12 BATTERY R.F.A (1898 _ 1902)
78 BATTERY R.F.A (1903 _ 1913)
The British Officer named in the certificates was
1. Brigadier-general Sir Edwin Francis Delaforce.
2. Lieutenant-Colonel Surgeon Henry Charlesworth.
3. General Sir Walter Mervyn St George Kirke.
4. Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Naesmyth Bruere Ballard.
5. Temporary Lt-Col Major John.G.B. Allardyce.
6. Major General Perceval, Edward Maxwell.
7. Captain Henry Cairns Oldnall.
8. Col Leslie Herbert, Queripel.
9. Col Francis J Mortimer
1.
Sir Edwin Francis Delaforce.
A Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery. Became a Captain 15 November
1899 (taken from the London Gazette 1899)
Edwin Francis Delaforce, son of George Henry (1844-1912) born in Oporto in 1870 spent most of his life in the British Army, married twice in 1895 and 1917 in England and retired after a distinguished service record as Brigadier-general in 1920. He had two sons, Charles Newland Nesbitt and Michael (who died at school in 1932) and a daughter Beryl Blanche Selous.
I have 3 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & Signature Sir E F Delaforce.
(documents date 15/10/1898 & 24/11/1898 As a Lieutenant ) One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself.
2.
Lieutenant-Colonel Surgeon Henry Charlesworth
Henry Charlesworth a surgeon with the medical staff (taken from London Gazette 1887)
I have 1 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & Signature Sir H Charlesworth . ( documents date 16/12/1899 at Multan ) One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself.
I have personal dairy ok Mr Kala khan in which he prescribed his time spend with Sir H Charlesworth,
3.
General Sir Walter Mervyn St George Kirke
Entered Royal Artillery, 1896; Capt. 1901; Bt Major, 1914; Major, 1914; Bt Lt–Col 1915; Bt Col 1917; served in Waziristan Campaign, 1901-1902 (medal and clasp); Commandant Bhamo Bn Burma Military Police; commanded Wellaung, Punitive Expedition in S. Chin Hills, 1905-1906; psc; GSO, 3rd Grade, at War Office, 1912; 2nd Grade on mobilisation, 1914; served European War, 1914-1918 (despatches six times, Bt Lt–Col, Bt Col, CB, DSO, CMG, Order of the Crown of Belgium, Officer Legion of Honour, French and Belgian Croix de Guerre, White Eagle of Serbia, Comdr, George I of Greece); Deputy Director Military Operations, 1918-1922; Colonel on the Staff, GS Aldershot, 1922-1924; head of British Naval, Military, and Air Force Mission to Finland, 1924-1925 (Commander White Rose of Finland, Grand Cross 1939 and Finnish Meritorious Service Medal 1939); President Inter–Allied Commission of Investigation for Hungary; Deputy Chief of the General Staff in India, 1926-1929; Commander 5th Division and Catterick Area, 1929-1931; General Officer Commanding-in-Chief Western Command, 1933-1936
Colonel Commandant, Royal Artillery, 07.01.1934-1946; Honorary Colonel 70th Anti-Aircraft Regiment (now 470th HAA Regiment TA) 1934-1939; and 2/5th The Queen’s Royal Regiment, 1939; Pres. Witley and District Branch of British Legion and RA Assoc., Surrey; Vice-President, RUSI and Old Contemptibles, Godalming.
Sir.
My great grand father nephews Hadatullah Khan stitched clothes of General Walter Mervyn St George Kirke . I have 1 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & atugraf Sir Walter Mervyn St George Kirke ,(Documents Date 1900) One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself.
4.
Charles Naesmyth Bruere Ballard
who later became lieutenant colonel of the 15th Brigade Royal Field Artillery and was killed in action at the Pas de Calais, France on 11th February 1915.He live in Edinburgh Scotland. He was the son of George Alexander Ballard, a member of the Madras Civil Service who lived at Garden Reach, Calcutta and his mother was Julia Mary Anderson
Sir.mad,
Mr Sir Charles Naesmyth Bruere Ballard visited our house for lunch and gifted book with pleasure & happy mood.
we have the crokery in which Sir Charles Naesmyth Bruere Ballard had lanch with us .
my great grand father stitched clothes of Sir Charles Naesmyth Bruere Ballard.
I have 2 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & atugraf Charles Naesmyth Bruere Ballard (Documents Date 1894 & 1898 )
One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself.
5.
sir John.G.B. Allardyce.
18 April 1905- Royal Regiment of Artillery Lt to Supernumery captain 7th Feb 1905
21 April 1908- from Supernumery Captain to rank of Captain 28th March1908
2 Nov 1914- Captains to become Majors 30th Oct 1914
22 June 1915- Royal Field Artillery Major J.G.B Allardyce 106th Battery
15 June 1916- Royal Horse Artillery Major J.G.B Allardyce Temporary Lt- Col (made temporary Lt-Col on April 26th 1916)
I have 2 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & atugraf
sir John.G.B. Allardyce
One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself.
One another personal dairy
I have personal dairy ok Mr Kala khan in which he prescribed his time spend with
sir John.G.B. Allardyce.
6.
PERCEVAL, EDWARD MAXWELL, Major,
was born 13 August 1861, at Bellewstown, County Meath, Ireland, son of General John Maxwell Perceval, CB, JP, Colonel of the Suffolk Regiment, and of Isabel Catherine, daughter of the Reverend The Honourable R Maude, Dean of Clogher. He was educated at the Royal Academy, Gosport, and at the Royal Military Academy (has passed the Staff College, and held the Diploma of the Royal Geographical Society), and was gazetted to the Royal Artillery as Lieutenant, 19 May 1880. He became Captain 4 August 1888, and Major 23 February 1898, serving in India and Burma.
Sir.
Mr Sir PERCEVAL, EDWARD MAXWELL visited our house for lunch and gifted book with pleasure & happy mood.
we have the crokery in which Sir PERCEVAL, EDWARD MAXWELL had lanch with us .
my great grand father stitched bridal clothes of Sir PERCEVALEDWARD MAXWELL .
I have 1 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & atugraf PERCEVAL, EDWARD MAXWELL(Documents Date september 1893)
One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself.
7.
Captain Henry Cairns Oldnall.
my great grand father stitched clothes of Sir Captain Oldnall .
I have 1 documents Britsh army certificate.(Documents date 15 Oct, 1898 10 Field battery in Rawal Pindi Pakistan)
One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself.
8.
Col Leslie Herbert, QUERIPEL(1881-1963)
Born in 1881; cadet, Royal Military Academy, Woolwich, 1898; 2nd Lt, Royal Field Artillery, 1899; joined 12 Battery, 1900; served in North China, 1900-1901; served in India, 1901-1914; commanded 7 Ammunition Column, 1901; Lt, 1901; commanded 12 Battery, 1902-1903; Range Officer, Royal Horse Artillery and Royal Field Artillery, Madras Command, 1903-1905; Capt, 1908; Instructor, Army School of Signalling, Poona, 1908; Assistant Inspector , Army Signalling, Southern Army, 1908; raised and commanded 5 Ammunition Column, 1909; raised and commanded 33 Indian Divisional Signalling Company, 1911; raised and commanded 36 Indian Divisional Signalling Company, 1914; Maj 1914; Deputy Director of Army Signals and Telegraphs, Mesopotamia, 1915; Director of Army Signals and Telegraphs, Mesopotamia, 1916; served with 112 Bde, Royal Field Artillery, France, 1918, and with 65 Battery and 28 Bde, Royal Field Artillery, Black Sea, 1920-1921; Lt Col, 1921; commanded 6 Reserve Bde, 1921-1922; commanded 16 Bde, India, 1922-1924; Commander Corps of Royal Artillery, Southern Command, India, 1924; Col, 1925; Commander, 28 Air Defence Bde, Tonbridge, 1925; retired pay, 1930; died in 1963.
My great grand father nephew Hadatullah Khan stitched Army clothes of Col Leslie Herbert, QUERIPEL . I have 1 documents Britsh army certificate handwriting & atugraf Sir Col Leslie Herbert, QUERIPEL .
( Documents Date 27/06/1900 As a 2Lieutenant )
One another documents in my opinion is very important , he gifted wherein name of clothes were mentioned which he dressed himself.
However a century has passed but our love for you is not disappeared.
our love for you is same as our great grand father Mr. Kala Khan loves officers.
I want to present (gift donate) all these things( documents,crokery,Book, name of clothes document ) to any Museum.
I want to hand over by person visit Museum thses are things of honour for me and It is a part of your history as well.
Anxiously awaiting your reply
your sincerely
Rub nawaz Balouch
Cell No : 00923006361126
House address:-
House no 1962 Mohallah Gillania Wala i/s Haram Gate Multan Pakistan
syed_ali_naqi@yahoo.com
8:06 pm on December 27th, 2009
Thankyou for all this information, much appreciated,
Rub nawaz Balouch
regards
MarkRamsay