St. Andrew's Cemetery, grave of John B. Forbes

HER Number:
13212

District:
Newcastle

Site Name:
St. Andrew's Cemetery, grave of John B. Forbes

Place:
Jesmond

Map Sheet:
NZ26NE

Class:
Religious Ritual and Funerary

Site Type: Broad:
Grave Marker

Site Type: Specific:
Gravestone

General Period:
POST MEDIEVAL

Specific Period:
Victorian 1837 to 1901

Form of Evidence:
Structure

Description:
John Burghersh Forbes (1819-1895) joined the 4th Light Dragoons (later the 4th Hussars) at an early age. He was fighting in the Crimean War at the age of 35 and was wounded in the charge of the Light Brigade in 1854 at Balaclava. Forbes was taken prisoner. After his discharge from the army, Forbes became Regimental Sergeant Major of the Northumberland Hussars. For the last 25 years of his life he was Riding Master at the Riding School on Northumberland Road. He received a full military funeral with his oak coffin carried on a gun carriage drawn by six horses.

Easting:
425120

Northing:
566180

Grid Reference:
NZ425120566180

Lats/Lons:

Sources:
Alan Morgan, 2004, Beyond the Grave - Exploring Newcastle's Burial Grounds, page 90