File:Memorial tablet of George Herman Norman RMG PY6212.tiff

Print of the memorial tablet of George Herman Norman, a Captain with the 57th regiment who died having been wounded at Redan during the Crimean wars.

The full text of the memorial tablet in Bromley Common Church in Kent is given and reads: 'Sacred to the memory of George Herman Norman, Captain 57th Regiment, wounded, June 18th, died in Camp, June 30th, 1855. 'This tablet is erected in memory of Captain George Herman Norman, of the 57th regiment on foot, eldest son of George Warde Norman, of this parish, and of Sibella, his wife, born at Bromley, 26th July 1831, educated at the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, he was wounded in the head by a musket ball, while gallantly leading on his company to the assault of the Redan, on the 18th June, 1855, and died in the British camp before Sebastopol, June 30th, 1855. His remains were deposited in the military burial ground on Cathcart's Hill, in the Crimea. The gravestone pourtrayed above marks the spot where they rest. As an officer, he was brave and accomplished; as a son, most dutiful and affectionate. He died in the faithful discharge of his obligations as a soldier, and in the service of his country. His memory lives in the fond and sorrowful recollections of his parents, his family, and his friends.'

The mason credited with the work on the tablet itself is T. Gaffin who was based at 63 Regent Street, London. The engravers, Frederick Netherclift and Durlacher were specialist lithographers based in London around 1855.