The action at Alton on 13 December 1643 was one of the most dramatic engagements of the Civil War. Colonel Richard Boles and approximately 80 Royalist musketeers retreated from the town into St Lawrence Church and fought until their ammunition was exhausted. Boles was killed fighting inside the church; bullet holes and pike marks are still visible in the door and font. Waller called him the bravest soldier he had ever seen.
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