Historical Record of the Sixth, or Royal First Warwickshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in the Year 1674, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1838Cannon, Richard
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Historical Record of the Sixth, or Royal First Warwickshire Regiment of Foot: Containing an Account of the Formation of the Regiment in the Year 1674, and of Its Subsequent Services to 1838
Cannon, Richard
Great Britain. Army -- History; Great Britain. Army. Infantry. 6th Regiment (Royal 1st Warwickshire)
Hic juxta reponuntur exuviae
WALTERI VANE,
militis,
filii quinti;
Henrici Vane
militis,
Carolo Primo Magnae Britanniae Regi
A sacris conciliis et secretarii Principal.
Qui a serenissimo principe
Auriaco
Campo præfectus,
media inter agmina,
forti manu, sed fortiori animo
in
Prælio Seneffensi
Hostium impetum et rabiem repellens,
Cæco sed inexpugnabili marte percussus,
Montii oppido quod est Hannoniæ
Anno Dom. CIƆ.IƆC.LXXIIII
Ætatis suæ LV.
III Nonas Augusti
Invictam ver vulnera reddidit
Animam Deo[40].
TRANSLATION.
Close to this spot are deposited the remains of
WALTER VANE,
a soldier,
Fifth son of
Henry Vane
soldier,
Privy Councillor and chief secretary to
Charles the first, King of Great Britain.
He was made marshal of the field,
by his serene highness
Auriacus.
And while repelling, in the midst of his troops, with a brave hand,
but with a braver soul, a furious attack of the enemy, at the
battle of Seneffe, was struck with a blind, but inevitable blow,
and in the town of Montium, which is a town of Hannonia,
In the year of our Lord 1674
In the 55th year of his own age
On the 3rd day of August,
He gave up his soul, unconquered by his wounds,
To God.
LUKE LILLINGSTON,
_Appointed in 1674_.
This officer commanded a company in one of the regiments raised by
King Charles II, in 1672; after the peace of London his regiment
was disbanded, when he proceeded to Holland with a number of men of
his company, and entered the Dutch service. He served at the siege
of Grave, and during the following winter he was appointed colonel
of one of the English regiments raised on that occasion, now the
SIXTH foot; but his decease occurred before he attained any higher
rank.
THOMAS ASHLEY,
_Appointed 13th September, 1675_.
THOMAS ASHLEY held a commission in the English army previous to
the treaty of London in 1674; when his regiment was disbanded, and
he entered the Dutch service. He served under the Prince of Orange
(afterwards William III.), and towards the end of the campaign of
1675 he was promoted to the colonelcy of a regiment, now the SIXTH
foot. He distinguished himself at the siege of Maestricht in 1676,
and was at the disastrous battle of Mont-Cassel in the following
year.
SIR HENRY BELLASIS, KNIGHT[41],
_Appointed 3rd April, 1678_.
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