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Copyright © 2007 - Sandra Taylor
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IN MEMORY OF
COLONEL SIR HENRY WALTON ELLIS K.C.B.,
A NATIVE OF THIS CITY,
WHO, AT AN EARLY AGE, ENTERED THE 23RD REGIMENT OR ROYAL WELCH FUSILIERS,
THEN COMMANDED BY HIS FATHER, MAJOR-GENERAL JOHN JOYNER ELLIS,
AND AFTERWARDS LED ON TO HONOURABLE DISTINCTION BY HIMSELF, DURING SEVEN
YEARS OF UNEXAMPLED MILITARY RENOWN
HAVING RECEIVED EIGHT WOUNDS, AND RENDERED SERVICES AS IMPORTANT AS
THEY WERE BRILLIANT,
IN HOLLAND, EGYPT, THE WEST-INDIES, AMERICA, SPAIN, PORTUGAL, AND FRANCE,
HE FELL BY A MUSKET-SHOT, AT THE HEAD OF HIS REGIMENT, ALMOST IN THE
GLORIOUS MOMENT
WHICH ANNOUNCED VICTORY TO GREAT-BRITAIN, AND PEACE TO EUROPE, ON THE
MEMORABLE PLAINS OF
WATERLOO.
HE
DIED OF HIS WOUND, ON THE 20TH OF JUNE 1815, AGED 32 YEARS
HIS LOSS WAS LAMENTED, AND HIS WORTH RECORDED BY HIS ILLUSTRIOUS COMMANDER
WELLINGTON,
IN
WORDS THAT WILL PERISH ONLY WITH HISTORY ITSELF!
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THIS
MONUMENT WAS ERECTED
BY THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS, AND PRIVATES OF THE ROYAL
WELCH FUSILIERS,
AS A TRIBUTE OF THEIR RESPECT AND AFFECTION TO THE MEMORY OF A LEADER,
NOT MORE DISTINGUISHED FOR HIS VALOUR AND CONDUCT IN THE FIELD,
THAN BELOVED FOR EVERY GENEROUS AND SOCIAL VIRTUE.
J.
BACON, SCULPTR, LONDON
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