Reference WMO/84009
Edit memorial name, location & address- Stone Marble
- Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
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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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