
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: 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. Recorded plaque organisation: Burton Civic Society.
Colonel Thomas Tyldesley led a daring cavalry charge over Trent Bridge in 1643 during the English Civil War, an act of valor witnessed by Queen Henrietta Maria and later rewarded with a knighthood by King Charles I.
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Photo: Alan Murray-Rust on Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0