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Statue a tribute to Light Brigade officer


A STATUE paying tribute to a man whodied in the charge of the Light Brigade has been unveiled in Maidstone. Captain LouisEdward Nolanwas


a cavalry officer of the 15th Kings Royal Hussars and Riding Master at Maidstone Cavalry Depot from 1841 to 1854. He died at the Battle of Bal-


aklavaonOctober 25,1854, riding with the 17th Lancers during The Charge of the Light Brigade. It is thought Captain Nolan was


a regular worshipper at Holy Trin- ity Church and upon his death, a carved stone plaquewas installed in the church. However, when the churchwasconvertedinto the Trin- ity Foyer in the mid 1990s, the plaque disappeared. Maidstone Borough Council commissioned a statue ofCaptain Nolan and the bronze sculpture was unveiled outside the Trinity Foyerby the DeputyMayorof Maid- stone, Cllr Clive English (pictured). Set on top of aKentish ragstone


plinth with black granite panels, it features a copy of the memorial thatwas sited in Trinity Church. The rest of the panels tellofCap-


tain Nolan’s involvement with Maidstone and the CrimeanWar. The lead artist for the project was Cllr Gordon Newton, owner of


Crime down CRIME inMaidstone is down by 6.7%, according to figures released at the Rural Parishes Police Forum in Headcorn. County-wide, the figure


wassaidtobedownby 4.2%.


Metal theft had increased,


but anti-social behaviour re- ports were down by 20%. The detection rate was roughly steady at 37% and public satisfaction at 83%. The force was recruiting 60 PCSOs of whom nine would go to Maidstone, bringing the complement up to 30.


Beer goggles test YOUNG people in rural areas are getting a taste of the effects of alcohol. The Staplehurst, Marden and Headcorn area Kent Commu- nity Alcohol Partnership organ- ised a range of activities for young people, including trying on ‘beer goggles,’ which emu- late the effects of alcohol, then trying to walk in a straight line and perform other tests.


the Stone Shop, East Farleigh. The horse and rider was manu- factured by Meltdowns Art Studio, of Ramsgate. Captain Nolan’s military career


was spent betweenBangaloreand Madras, India,andMaidstoneuntil he went to fight in the Crimean War.Hebuiltareputation for being an outstanding cavalry officer and authority on training cavalry horses. He wrote two books “The Training of Cavalry Remount Horses: A New System” in 1852 and “Cavalry, Its History and Tac- tics”, published in 1853. Captain Nolan’s firstbiographer,


HubertMoyse-Bartlett, states: “In so far as Louis had an English home, itwas at Maidstone”.


School report EGERTON Church of England Primary School has been told it must improve after Ofsted crit- icised its teaching of reading, writing and maths. Inspectors, who gave the school a grade 3 – requires im- provement – said teaching of letter sounds was particularly weak; the monitoring of teach- ing and pupils’ achievements by senior leaders was not rigor- ous enough; and some Year 6 pupils were not making the re- quired progress in writing and maths, although the year group as a whole was progressing bet- ter than previous Year 6 groups. Teaching in the Early Years Foundation Stage was praised, school leaders and governors were found to be working hard to improve teaching; and pupils’ behaviour was good and they felt happy and safe. Egerton was told that to re-


ceive an overall good grade in the future senior leaders should support teachers to improve their teaching, and pupils’ progress should be more closely monitored


Convenience store on former A&N site A NEW convenience store is proposed for the former Army and Navy store at 69-77Week Street, Maidstone.Aplanning application requests the sub-division of the vacant retail unit. In January a licensing application was submitted to the borough council by Morrisons to sell alcohol from the building. The super- market chain has not confirmed it wants to set up one of its local stores there.


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