Reference WMO/265589
Edit memorial name, location & address- Stone Marble
- Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
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'SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF / MAJOR GEORGE BEAN / OF THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY / WHO WAS KILLED BY A CANNON BALL IN THE 26TH YEAR OF HIS AGE AT THE HEAD OF HIS TROOP / ON THE 18TH JUNE 1815 IN THE GLORIOUS BATTLE OF / WATERLOO. / AT THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN HE WAS, AT HIS OWN REQUEST / PLACED IN THE ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY / SERVED UNDER LORD NELSON AT THE BATTLE OF COPENHAGEN / AND VOLUNTEERED TO ACCOMPANY THE EXPEDITION / WHICH WAS SENT OUT TO CUT THE BOATS AT BOULOGNE / FOR WHICH HE RECEIVED HIS LORDSHIPS PUBLIC THANKS. / HE ALSO PARTICULARLY DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF / UNDER SIR DAVID BAIRD AND THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON IN SPAIN. / WHERE HE WAS SEVENTEEN TIMES SUCCESSFULLY ENGAGED WITH THE ENEMY / BUT SIGNALISED HIMSELF PRINCIPALLY AT THE BATTLES OF / VITTORIA, ORTHES AND THOULOUSE. / UNHAPPILY HIS MILITARY CAREER TERMINATED PREMATURELY / HE FELL, IT IS TRUE, IN THE FIELD OF GLORY, / LAMENTED BY HIS SURVIVING OFFICERS AND MEN, / BUT ALAS ! HAS LEFT A WIDOWED MOTHER, AN AFFECTIONATE WIFE. WITH TWO INFANT CHILDREN. / TO LAMENT THEIR IRREPARABLE LOSS. / THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED / AS A WELL MERITED TRIBUTE OF MATERNAL, CONJUGAL AND FRATERNAL AFFECTION / AND AS A MEMORIAL TO HIS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE WORTH'
George Bean
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