Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington after "half a lifetime together, they had come to understand each other at the end". He had found consolation for his unhappy marriage in his warm friendship with the diarist Harriet Arbuthnot, wife of his colleague Charles Arbuthnot. Harriet's death in the cholera epidemic of 1834 was almost as great a blow to Wellington as it was to her husband. The two widowers spent their last years together at Apsley House. Wellington died at Walmer Castle in Deal on 14 September 1852. This was his residence as Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. Walmer Castle was said to have been
2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers On officers' pouches the circlet carried the motto 'PRO ARIS ET FOCIS' ("For hearths and homes"); on later tunic buttons and belt clasps shared with the rifle volunteers the circlet was inscribed 'CINQUE PORTS VOLUNTEERS'. The following served as Honorary Colonel of the unit: There is a WWI memorial to the 2nd Home Counties Bde at Eastbourne Redoubt, and another to 4th (Sussex) Bty of the brigade at St Mary's Church, Eastbourne. Also in St Mary's is a WWII memorial to 58th and 114th (Sussex) Fd Rgts and 84th Med Rgt. 2nd Cinque Ports Artillery Volunteers The 2nd Cinque Ports