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of the field, on the cross a lion of
A number of interesting augmen-
England.
At the battle of Worcester despite late 18th century and early 19th
the King's magnificent Generalship century particularly to rnembers of
and great valour, when failure was the services. Colonel Clark-Kennedy
certain, his escape was due to the who captured the eagle of the 105th
loyal courage of Colonel Newman French regiment at the battle of
wliose ams were augmeated by an Waterloo was granted a chief with a
inescutcheon gules charged with a representatiou of this crossed with a
sword and, in addition, a crest of a
portcullis irnperially crowned Or.
During the wanderings of Charles demi dragon holding aloft the same
II his cornpanion CoIonel Careless flag.
aferwards called CarIos, who was
The Duke of Wellington was
hiding with the King in the famous granted an escutcheon charged with
Oak tree at Boscobel, was non- the union flag. These arms can be
armigerous. The story is told that seen today on the gates of Welling-
they discussed a Coat of Arms for ton College, Berkshire.
On some occasions au,mentations
the Colonel which would be granted
if and when the King eventually were granted beyond the realm of
came to the throne. This great, Or. common sense so that the original
issuing from a mount in base vert an arms became virtualIy impossible to
oak tree proper over al1 on a fess see, an example of this can be seen
gules three irnperial crowns also in the arms of Lord Nelson, which
were originally Or a cross flory
proper.
Later when the chase had cooled sable. His first augmentation con-
slightly the King reached the house sisted of a bend gules surmounted
of the Lane family where he was dis- by another engraited Or charged
guised as a servant and travelled with three bombs fired proper. This
with Mistress Jane Lane, riding was granted on the 2nd October
behind her on a strawberry roan 1797. A year later, in honour of his
horse, to the coast where he took triumph in the battle of the Nile he
ship for France. On his restoration was after augrnented with a chief
the family received the highest undulatory argent thereon waves of
honour of any which was a Canton the sea from which a palrn free
of England. In addition they were issuunt berween a disabled ship on
awarded a crest of augmentation the dexter and a ruinous batrery
consisting of a strawberry roan horse on the sinister all proper.
After the hero's death his brother
cooped at the flanks holding on its tations were bestowed during the
foot the Royal Crown. the. Reverend William Nelson. who
There is an interesting outcome to became Earl Nelson of TrafaIgar
this augmentation because when, and Merton, was given a further
during the reign of Queen Victoria, augmentation on a fess wavy azure
the armorial bearings tax was im- the word TraJalgar in fext lefrers Or.
posed a clause was introduced This last augmentation FLoaJly
excluding Royal armory. Conse- removed ali traces of the cross in the
quently, when the local tax inspector original arms.
called at the Lane household. he was An example of two augmentations
advised to observe the Canton of which were placed well enough to
England whereupon he went away provide a coat of arms which if n
empty handed and the Lanes never Little crowded were no1 unsightly
paid a penny piece. were those of Lord Kitchener of
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