de Courcy Stretton brothers

liverpool annie · Oct 9, 2009

Can anybody tell me anything about these two brothers please ?

In Memory of
Captain ALEXANDER LYNAM DE COURCY STRETTON

M C

1st Bn., South Lancashire Regiment
attd. 1st, Nigeria Regiment, W.A.F.F.
who died age 31
on 16 October 1917
Son of Maj. W. de Courcy Stretton (R.A., retired), of Little Close, Salcombe, Devon and Beata Caroline Stretton ; husband of Mary Stretton (formerly Shaw), of Whitehall, Buxton. His brother John de Courcy Stretton also fell.

Remembered with honour
DAR ES SALAAM BRITISH AND INDIAN MEMORIAL

In Memory of
Second Lieutenant JOHN DE COURCY STRETTON

M C

3rd Bn. attd. 1st Bn., Royal Warwickshire Regiment
who died age 27
on 11 May 1918
Son of Maj. William de C. Stretton (late Royal Attillery), and Mrs. Caroline Beata Stretton, of Park Hill House, Paignton, Devon. Born at Salcombe, Devon. His brother Alexander Lynham de Courcy Stretton also fell.

Remembered with honour
LE VERTANNOY BRITISH CEMETERY, HINGES

liverpool annie · Oct 23, 2009

Both boys come from a long line of military family ...

SEVERUS WILLIAM LYNAM STRETTON, youngest child of William Stretton, was baptized at Sr. Mary’s Church, Nottingham, 29 May 1793, and is erroneously described in the register as the son of Samuel and Susanna Stretton. Evincing an early desire for the profession of arms, a commission was obtained for him in the Nottinghamshire Militia which he joined at Plymouth in 1810, and accompanied the regiment to Ireland. In 1812 he obtained an ensigncy in the 68th light Infantry, and joined the regiment in Portugal, serving in the second Peninsular campaign of 1812-13. Having been severely wounded at the battle of Vittoria, 21 June 1813, by two musket balls, lodged in the body, he was removed, in a very precarious state, to England. Prior to this, one of the balls was extracted, but the other, at different periods, was a source of great trouble and pain, relieved only by severe surgical operations, until, after 56 years of lodgment, it was successfully extracted in the year 1870. The excellent nursing and skilful medical treatment he received, whilst at his father’s house at Lenton, restored him so far that in the course 0f twelve months he was enabled to rejoin his regiment, then stationed in Ireland. Some of Lieutenant Stretton’s movements are thus noted by his father—“Lieut. Will. Stretton arrived at Nottingham from Castlebar, Ireland [blank] Returned to Castlebar Th. Aug. 14, 1816. William came home from Dublin November 1, 1817. William sailed for Canada in May 1818.”

He accompanied the same regiment to Canada in 1818, and in 1825 was promoted to an unattached company, shortly after which he exchanged to the 64th regiment, and joined it at Gibraltar. He was promoted major in 1832. He succeeded to the lieutenant-colonelcy and command of this regiment in 1842, having accompanied it to the West Indies and Nova Scotia, from whence he returned with it in 1843. He had, in the meantime, inherited the Lenton property from his brother, but never resided there. Lieutenant-Colonel Stretton, in 1848, exchanged to his brother’s old regiment, the 40th, of which he retained the command until June, 1852. He was awarded the Peninsular medal and clasp and was also in receipt of a pension for wounds. About the year 1848, Colonel Stretton gave to Sir Henry Dryden, Baronet, Canons Ashby, Northamptonshire, a large earthenware jug, fourteen encaustic tiles, and a small piece of carved masonry, found on the site of Lenton Priory (note 5). The gallant officer retired in 1852 from active service, but was three years later appointed to the command of the Hampshire Artillery Militia, which he held until 1868, when he retired at the age of 75. In 1862 Colonel Stretton was appointed a Justice of the Peace for the Borough of Southampton, and he took an active part in the management of the Royal South Hants Infirmary, Southampton Dispensary and other charitable institutions in the town.

He continued in his usual good health until about three weeks prior to his death, which took place at Southampton 22 November 1884. Colonel Stretton married, 24 October 1851, the Hon. Catherine Adela de Courcy, youngest daughter of the 28th Lord Kingsale, premier baron of Ireland, who survived him with seven children, the eldest son being William, de Courcy Stretton, then a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery.
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http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~stretton/Stretton Manuscripts.htm

And their father seems to have been talented in other ways too !!

"Follow the Colours" is a song written by the English composer Edward Elgar, with words by Capt. William de Courcy Stretton. The song is for male voice solo with an optional chorus of male voices.

http://www.answers.com/topic/follow-the-colours

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