English Civil War plaque on the Trent Bridge (c.1864) and the River Trent, Burton upon Trent, (Burton-on-Trent or Burton), Staffordshire, UK.
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Maurice Savage / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
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5026 x 3351 px | 42.6 x 28.4 cm | 16.8 x 11.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
14 August 2020Location:
Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, UKMore information:
"Near this spot on 2nd July 1643, during the English Civil War, Colonel Thomas Tyldesley led a desperate cavalry charge over the famous 36-arched Trent Bridge to storm the town of Burton. The event being personally witnessed by Queen Henrietta Maria. For this exploit of signal valour, Thomas Tyldesley was subsequently knighted by King Charles I. This plaque was erected on 2nd July 1993 by Sir Thomas Tyldesley's Regiment of the English Civil War Society and Burton upon Trent Civic Society."