Coldstream Parish Church – 11 – James Charles Purves

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This is the plaque to the Crimean war cavalry man who was engaged in the doomed Charge of the Light Brigade in late 1854. He is buried in the Crimea but mentioned on a family headstone at Lennel kirk. The headstone is 3m south of Lennel kirk and has been repaired by the History Society. Below the headstone transcription of the whole Purves family, there is a fully story of James Charles Purves. 

Here is the text on the church wall plaque:-

To the Glory of God and in memory of Private JAMES CHARLES PURVES 11th Hussars who rode in the Charge of the Light Brigade at the battle of Balaklava in the Crimean War on 25th October 1854. He later died of wounds in Scutari Hospital, Turkey 2nd January 1855 aged 25 years. His father was ALEXANDER PURVES Lennel Hill Elder of the kirk.

Gifted by Coldstream & District Local History Society 2012. 

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