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- Revolutionary/Napoleonic (1792-1815)
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SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF THOMAS JAMES HEBLETHWAYTE / OF WILLIAM AND OF FREDERICK PITTS / THREE BROTHERS, / WHO IN ZEALOUS DISCHARGE OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL DUTIES // AND IN THE PERILOUS CAUSE OF GLORY WHICH THEY PURSUED / LIVED DISTINGUISHED AND DIED LAMENTED, / SERVING THEIR COUNTRY / WILLIAM AND FREDERICK MIDSHIPMEN IN THE ROYAL NAVY / ALREADY AT THE AGE OF 16, HAD GIVEN AN ERNEST OF FUTURE EXCELLENCE; / WHEN THEY SEVERALLY FELL THE VICTIMS OF MISCHANCE AND DISEASE. / WILLIAM WAS DROWNED IN THE BRITISH CHANNEL, ON THE 2ND AUGUST 1806 / FREDERICK DIED AT SEA; ON THE 24TH JUNE 1814 / THOMAS/A CAPTAIN IN THE CORPS OF ROYAL ENGINEERS / SERVED FOUR CAMPAIGNS AGAINST THE FRENCH IN SPAIN, / UNTIL THE DELIVERANCE OF THAT COUNTRY BY HIS COMPATRIOTS / TRANSFERRED THE SCENE OF VICTORY TO THE SOIL OF FRANCE / AT BARROSA, AT BADAJOZ, AT SALAMANCA, / THE SIEGE OF SALAMANCA, MADRID, BURGOS, VITTORIA, CADIZ, ALMAREZ, BIDAZOA, / PAMPLONA, NIVELLE, NIVE AND BAYONNE: / IN THE PASSES OF THE PYRANEES / HE DISPLAYED ALL THOSE QUALITIES WHICH CONSTITUTE MILITARY VIRTUE / AND ON THE 23RD OF FEBRUARY 1814, IN CARRYING THE FORT OF HASTINGUES / FELL AT THE AGE OF 24 / NOT MANY DAYS BEFORE THE CITY OF BORDEAUX WAS TAKEN / BY THAT ILLUSTRIOUS ARMY / WHOSE LAURELS OVERSHADOW HIS GRAVE / IF THE FATHER WAS TOO PROUD, THE MOTHER TOO FOND / OF SONS LIKE THESE, / THEY HAVE BORNE THE LOSS OF THEM WITH SUBMISSION TO THE WILL OF GOD / WHOSE MERCY THEY HUMBLY ACKNOWLEDGE / THAT IN THIS SAD BUT SOOTHING OFFICE / OF INSCRIBING A MONUMENT OF THEIR CHILDREN / NOTHING WOULD BE RECORDED / THAT DID NOT REFLECT HONOR ON THE AUTHORS OF THEIR BEING
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