Fort Erie, Pro Patria Mori Cai

<i>[Text on the base of the Cairn];</i><br><br> <center>Here are buried<br> 150 British Officers and Men<br> Who fell in the attack on Fort Erie<br> On the 26th day of August, 1814, and three<br> of the defenders, men of the United States<br> Infantry, whose remains were discovered<br> during the restoration of Fort Erie,<br> 1938 & 1939</center><br> <i>[Text on first of 2 plaques mounted on the Cairn]:</i><br><br> <center>In Memory of the<br> Officers and Seamen of<br> the Royal Navy, The Off-<br> icers, Non commissioned<br> Officers and Privates<br> of the Royal Artillery,<br> Royal engineers, Royal<br> Marines, 1st Royal Scots<br> 19th Light Dragoons, 6th,<br> 8th (Kings) 41st, 82nd,<br> 89th, 103rd, 104th, and<br> DeWatteville's Regiments,<br> the Glengarry Light Infa-<br> ntry and the Incorporated<br> Militia who fell during<br> the seige of Fort Erie,<br> August and September<br> - 1814 -</center><br> <i>[Text on second of 2 plaques mounted on the Cairn]:</i><br><br> <center> Officers Killed<br> During seige of Fort Erie<br> Colonel Hercules Scott<br> 103rd Reg't<br> Lieut-Colonel Wm. Drummond<br> 104th Reg't<br> Lieut-Colonel John Gordon<br> Royal Scots<br> Captain R.D. Patteson 6th Reg't<br> Captain Torrens 8th Reg't<br> Captain J.M. Wright 82nd Reg't<br> Captain E.D. Walker Incor. Militia<br> Lieut. Coples Radcliffe, R.N.<br> Lieut. Noel, Royal Scots<br> Lieut. J. Rutledge Royal Scots<br> Lieut. Barstow 8th Reg't<br> Lieut. Pellichody De Watterville's<br> Reg't<br> Ensign C. Langford 82nd Reg't</center>