There's this amazing gravestone in the graveyard of St Nicholas' Church,
Studland. The grave of Sergeant William Lawrence of the 40th Regiment
of foot. Born in Briantspuddle 1791. William had one hell of a life. A
child of 14 when he first saw war on the other side of the world, he served with honour in some brutal battles, and
to be a member of the Forlon Hope, well, that's some heroic shit right
there. When
he returned to Studand after the Napoleonic War with his French wife
they became the landlords of the Wellington Inn which stood just up the
hill on the other side of the road from, and was later replaced by, the
Bankes'
Arms. Hell of a life.
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