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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. vi. NOV. 2, 1912.

Is in re Militari qvemadmodvm se gesserit Tester sint Lvsitania Hispania Galliee Narbonen-

sis ac Belgioa

Artvrivs dux a Wellington

$ocior\ T m et qvidem Hostivra oxereitvs.

NORTH SIDE.

To Lieut onant-General Rowland Lord Hill

Baron Hill of Ahnarez and Hawkstone, G.C.B.

Not more distinguished for his skill and courage in

the field, during the arduous Campaigns in Spain and

Portugal, the South of Prance, and the memorable plains of

Waterloo

than for his benevolent and paternal care in providing for the comforts and supplying the

necessities

of his victorious countrymen,

and for that humanity and generosity

which their vanquished foes experienced and

acknowledged : the inhabitants of the town and county of Salop

have erected this column and statue as a memorial of their respect and gratitude to an

illustrious contemporary,

and an incitement to emulation in the heroes and

patriots of future ages.

A.D. MDCCCXVI.

(See 11 S. i. 411.)

Westerham, Kent. On 2 Jan., 1911, Lord Roberts unveiled a bronze statue of General Wolfe on the village green. The statue, which stands 7 ft. 9 in. high, is placed on a pedestal of Portland stone. The sculptor is Mr. F. Derwent Wood, A.R.A., who has represented Wolfe with sword raised aloft as leading his men to the capture of the Heights of Abraham. The pedestal is thus inscribed :

Major-General James Wolfe.

Born at Westerham,

2 Jan: i - 1727.

Died at the

Battle of Quebec,

13 Sept:

1759.

A pillar to the memory of Wolfe also stands in the grounds of Squerreys Court, Westerham.

In the church is a cenotaph bearing the following inscription :

James Son of Colonel Edward Wolfe and

Henrietta, his wife was born in this parish Jan]: 2nd

MDCCXXVII. and died in America September 13th

MDCCLIX.

Conqueror of Quebec.

Whilst George in sorrow bows his laurel'd head And bids the artist grace the soldier dead, We raise no sculptured trophy to thy name, Brave youth, the fairest in the list of fame.

Proud of thy birth, we boast the auspicious year ; Struck with thy fall, we shed a general tear ; With humble grief inscribe our heartless stone, And from thy matchless honour date our own.

Decus nostrum.

The monument to the memory of General Wolfe in this church was erected 5 April, 1760. The expense was defrayed by the subscription of the following gentlemen : Ranulph Manning, John Cosyne, Ralph Manning, John Bodicote, Thos. Ellison, Jonathan Chilwell, Pendock Price, George Lewis, Vicar.

A memorial window was unveiled in the church in November, 1909, by Mr. A. G. Wolfe-Aylward, a descendant of General Wolfe.

On the spot where Wolfe fell near Quebec a plain stone shaft, surmounted by a sword and helmet, was erected many years ago. It is inscribed : " Wolfe died here, vic- torious, 13th September, 1759." There is now on foot a movement to erect a more pretentious memorial on the site.

Wolfe was buried in the crypt of St. Al- phege Church, Greenwich, on 20 Nov., 1759. In 1908, on the anniversary of his burial, the late General Sir George White unveiled a tablet over his grave. There is a stained-glass window to his memory in the north wall of the church.

(See 11 S. iii. 165.)

Lickey, Worcestershire. On the Lickey Hills is a tall monument built in the shape of an obelisk. It bears the following inscrip- tion :

" Erected by the Worcestershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry to mark their lasting gratitude to the honoured memory of their beloved and lamented Colonel Commandant, and by the County at large to commemorate the disinterested, solid, and efficient public services, and to com- mend to imitation the exemplary private virtues, of Other Archer, Sixth Earl of Plymouth.

" The first stone was laid by William Henry, Lord Lyttelton, Lord Lieutenant of the County, on the 15th day of May, MDCCCXXXIV."

Carmarthen. Here is a statue of General Sir William Nott, of Indian fame. The following terse inscription appears in large letters on the massive pedestal :

NOTT

Born 20th January 1792. Died 17th January 1846.

Cromwell is represented by statues at Manchester, St. Ives, and Warrington.

Manchester. That at the end of Victoria Street, near the Victoria and Exchange stations, is a fine characteristic piece of work. It was presented to the town in 1875 by Mrs. Elizabeth Salisbury Hey- wood, The figure is erected on a rough