Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
New Forest
Town
Fordingbridge
County
Hampshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
40539

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Current location

ON THE SOUTH WALL OF THE NAVE
ST MARY THE VIRGIN CHURCH
Church St
Fordingbridge
New Forest
Hampshire
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 145 138
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
LARGE WHITE MARBLE INSCRIPTION TABLET MOUNTED ONTO A BLACK STONE BACKBOARD. FLAGS AND DRUMS CARVED IN LOW RELIEF AT THE TOP OF THE TABLET. FAMILY COAT OF ARMS DEPICTED BELOW THE INSCRIPTION TABLET. SCENE DEPICTING A MILITARY CAMP DEPICTED IN LOW RELIEF ON AN ADDIONAL PIECE OF WHITE MARBLE PLACED BELOW THE INSCRIPTION TABLET.
Inscription
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.
Inscription legible?
yes
Commemorations
  • Napoleonic Wars (1803-1814)
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,place of death,forename,manner of death,relationships,additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: height C 3000MM
    Materials: Marble - White
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST MARY
  • Grade I
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private

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