MAJ GEN A HAY AND MAJ G HAY

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Reference WMO/84009

Address:

St Mary the Virgin Church

Church Street

Fordingbridge

SP6 1BB

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Painted
Conflicts:
  • Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
About the memorial: The memorial is on the south wall of the nave. Large white marble inscription tablet on black stone backboard. Flags and drums in low relief at the top. Family coat of arms below the inscription. Military camp scene in low relief on additional piece of marble.
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SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW HAY,/ OF MOUNTBLAIRIE IN SCOTLAND/ WHO FELL AT BAYONNE/ ON THE NIGHT OF THE 14TH OF APRIL 1814/ WHILE REPELLING GALLANTLY A SORTIE OF THE ENEMY./ THE LINEAL REPRESENTATIVE OF AN ANCIENT SCOTTISH FAMILY,/ HE WAS EVER IN PRIVATE LIFE/ RESPECTED AND BELOVED./ BUT THE RESPECT AND LOVE OF FRIENDS,/ THE ENJOYMENTS AND HONOURS OF PRIVATE LIFE/ AND EVERY ORDINARY OBJECT OF AMBITION/ DISAPPEARED BEFORE HIS PASSION FOR/ MILITARY FAME./ FITTED FOR CAMPS AS WELL BY TEMPER AS BY SPIRIT,/ CHEERFUL, ARDENT, VIGILANT AND BRAVE,/ HE DISTINGUISHED THE WHOLE OF HIS MILITARY CAREER/ BY AN ELEVATED SENSE OF THE DUTIES OF A SOLDIER,/ SIGNAL ENTRIPIDITY, PROMPTITUDE AND ZEAL./ HE LIVED TO SEE HIS COUNTRY UNIVERSALLY TRIUMPHANT,/ BUT BEING HIMSELF AMONGST THE LATEST VICTIMS OF THE WAR/ HE HAS LEFT A MEMORY DEAR TO HIS ASSOCIATES IN ARMS/ WHILE AS A COMPANION TO WELLINGTON AND A PARTNER IN HIS VICTORIES/ HE HAS BEQEATHED HIS REMOWN AMONG THE HEROES OF HIS TIME,/ AS A GRATEFUL SOLACE TO HIS FRIENDS/ AND A SACRED INHERITENCE TO HIS CHILDREN./ THIS STONE ALSO RECORDS/ THE PREMATURE FATE AND EARLY FAME/ OF/ MAJOR GEORGE HAY/ WHO FELL IN THE DECISIVE BATTLE OF VITTORIA/ IN THE HEROIC DISCHARGE OF DUTY/ AS AIDE-DE-CAMP TO HIS FATHER./ IT IS ERECTED BY MRS ELIZABETH HAY AS THE ONLY MEMORIAL/ WHICH THE AFFECTIONATE DISTRESS OF A WIFE AND MOTHER/ CAN CONSECRATE TO THE VALOUR/ OF A HUSBAND AND A SON.

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