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Fort Erie, Pro Patria Mori Cairn

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Ontario, The Regional Municipality of Niagara, Fort Erie
[Text on the base of the Cairn];

Here are buried
150 British Officers and Men
Who fell in the attack on Fort Erie
On the 26th day of August, 1814, and three
of the defenders, men of the United States
Infantry, whose remains were discovered
during the restoration of Fort Erie,
1938 & 1939
[Text on first of 2 plaques mounted on the Cairn]:

In Memory of the
Officers and Seamen of
the Royal Navy, The Off-
icers, Non commissioned
Officers and Privates
of the Royal Artillery,
Royal engineers, Royal
Marines, 1st Royal Scots
19th Light Dragoons, 6th,
8th (Kings) 41st, 82nd,
89th, 103rd, 104th, and
DeWatteville's Regiments,
the Glengarry Light Infa-
ntry and the Incorporated
Militia who fell during
the seige of Fort Erie,
August and September
- 1814 -
[Text on second of 2 plaques mounted on the Cairn]:

Officers Killed
During seige of Fort Erie
Colonel Hercules Scott
103rd Reg't
Lieut-Colonel Wm. Drummond
104th Reg't
Lieut-Colonel John Gordon
Royal Scots
Captain R.D. Patteson 6th Reg't
Captain Torrens 8th Reg't
Captain J.M. Wright 82nd Reg't
Captain E.D. Walker Incor. Militia
Lieut. Coples Radcliffe, R.N.
Lieut. Noel, Royal Scots
Lieut. J. Rutledge Royal Scots
Lieut. Barstow 8th Reg't
Lieut. Pellichody De Watterville's
Reg't
Ensign C. Langford 82nd Reg't

(Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Forts, Castles • War of 1812) Includes location, directions, 8 photos, GPS coordinates, map.

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