Henrietta Maria and Thomas Tyldesley blue plaque

Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom

Near this spot on 2nd July 1643, during the English Civil War, Colonel Thomas Tyldesley led a desperate cavalry charge over the famous 36-arched Trent Bridge to storm the town of Burton. The event being personally witnessed by Queen Henrietta Maria. For this exploit of signal valour, Thomas Tyldesle

y was subsequently knighted by King Charles I.

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