Battle of Bossenden Wood

時期

1838年5月31日

種類

暴動

座標

51.30° N, 0.99° E

Description

1838 labour riot in Kent, England

1838 labour riot in Kent, England

The Battle of Bossenden Wood took place on 31 May 1838 near Hernhill in Kent; it has been called the last battle on English soil. The battle was fought between a small group of labourers from the Hernhill, Dunkirk and Boughton area and a detachment of soldiers sent from Canterbury to arrest the marchers' leader, the self-styled Sir William Courtenay, who was actually John Nichols Tom, a Truro maltster who had spent f…

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