3-065-584 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Monument to the late Lieutenant-Colonel Pemberton, "Times" Correspondent, killed in the late war in France, 1874. 'An incident of the late war between France and Germany, much deplored as a private sorrow by many English friends, was the death of this gentleman, who accompanied one of the German armies as special correspondent of the Times. A monument has been erected to his memory in the parish church of Newton, near Cambridge. The sculptor is Mr. M. Noble. The design represents an angel bringing a message of heavenly consolation to the bereaved family. The following is the inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Christopher Peach Pemberton, late Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Scots Fusilier Guards...He was killed at the battle of Sedan, on Sept. 1, 1870...[aged 32], being present with the 12th Corps of the Prussian army, for the purpose of observing and recording the events of the war between France and Germany. He fell...whilst advancing with the staff of the Crown Prince of Saxony. With more than ordinary talent was blended a chivalrous personal courage, combined with a warm and affectionate heart, revealed by the beautiful sentiments of Christian piety and benevolence pervading his published letters on this sanguinary war'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.