“In grateful remembrance of whose universal
goodwill towards his Comrades, this Stone
is placed here at their expense, as a Small
testimony of their regard and concern.
“‘Here sleeps in peace a Hampshire Grenadier
Who caught his death by drinking cold small Beer;
Soldiers be wise from his untimely fall
And when ye’re hot drink Strong, or none at all.’
“This Memorial being Decay’d was restored
by the Officers of the Garrison, A.D. 1781—