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Col. Camborne Haweis Paynter 1864 - 1949
Family[edit]
He was the son of Reginald Hearle Paynter (1831 - 1875) who married Mary Davies Haweis (1837 - 1905). He had one brother, Hugh Haweis Paynter (1865 - 1934) He married Ethel Nina Patience Venning c1880 and had one daughter, Elizabeth Narcissa Marie (Betty) (1907 - 1980)
John Pender Paynter[edit]
Commander John Pender Paynter R.N. (1788 - 1856) of Trekenning House, St Columb Major, Cornwall. In 1815 Paynter was appointed Flag Lieutenant to Lord Exmouth on HMS Boyne. In 1815 during the Bombardment of Algiers, Paynter was sent ashore in an attempt to secure the release of Christian slaves and to demand the release from custody of a Colonel Macdonald, the English Consul but was himself siezed by the Dey and lodged in the Black Hole. However, the menacing attitude assumed by the British Fleet assured his release.[1]
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He entered the Royal Navy, 1804 as First Class Volunteer in HMS San Josef and was made Midshipman August of the same Year; was employed in the blockade of Brest up to January, 1806 when he joined HMS Indefatigable; took part in Lord Cochrane's attack upon the French fleet in the Aix Roads April, 1809; joined the San Josef again in February the following year and joined HMS Euryalus as Lieutenant where he took part in several battery actions on the coast of Calabria; he contributed to the capture of La Fortune lying in the harbour of Cavalarie 16 May, 1813 and in the following winter drove on shore in Calvi Bay the French store-ship Balleine and a large national schooner. In 1814 Lieutenant Paynter proceeded to America and was present at the capture of Fort Washington and the capitulation of Alexandria up the Patuxent: On his return to England in 1816, Paynter was advanced to Commander.
- ^ Boskenna and the Paynters page 25
Arthur Honywood[edit]
2nd Lieutenant Arthur Honywood was a British Army officier of the 66th Regiment of Foot. He died aged 19 while carrying the Regimental Colour at the Battle of Maiwand on 27th July 1880.[1]
Fourth son of Sir Courtenay Honywood and Anne Marie Paynter, of London. He was born in 1860 and after Sandhurst was gazetted to the 66th Foot in 1879. He was shot in the leg early in the battle of Maiwand and went to the garden where he was killed defending the Queen's Colour in the final stand. When already badly wounded he held the colours above his head and called on the men to rally with the words - What shall we do to save these - the next moment the fatal shot came. Only a dog from his troop survived the battle and was given a personal award by Queen Victoria.[2]
Mentioned in dispatches by General James M. Primrose who wrote was shot down while holding the colour high above his head shouting
What shall we do to save this [3]
His memorial at St. James Church, Elmsted in Kent, reads - "To the dear memory of Arthur Honywood, Lieut. 66th Regt. 4th son of Sir Courtenay Honywood of Evington Place. A window in the Church also in his memory is entitled 'The raising of Lazarus' , was designed by Clayton and Bell. The south window depicting scenes from the Resurrection is in memory of his father, Sir Courtenay Honywood (1835 - 1878). Both windows were painted by Ward and Hughes and placed here in 1882.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Into the jaws of death: British military blunders, 1879-1900 - (Page 98) by Mike Snook (2008)
- ^ at http://www.redcoat.info/afghinf.htm
- ^ Afghan Campaigns of 1878, 1880: Biographical Division by S.H. Shadbolt (page 111)
- ^ http://members.lycos.co.uk/elmsted/church/index.html