Thomas Thetcher (1737? - 1764), also known simply as The Hampshire Grenadier, was a grenadier in the North Regiment of the Hants Militia. Year 1737 ( MDCCXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1764 ( MDCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a A grenadier (derived from the word Grenade) was originally a specialized soldier first established as a distinct role in the mid to late 17th century for the throwing of grenades The North Hants Militia was a Militia Regiment in Hampshire, England which existed nominally from 1757 to 1853, as part He is known to the present day only through his gravestone, which stands in the graveyard of Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire, England. A headstone, tombstone or gravestone is a marker normally carved from stone, placed over or next to the site of a Burial Winchester Cathedral at Winchester in Hampshire is one of the largest Cathedrals in England, with the longest nave and overall length of Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland
His grave site was designated as a Hampshire Treasure by the Hampshire County Council. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain [1]
Inscription text
In Memory of
Thomas Thetcher
a Grenadier in the North Reg. of Hants Militia, who died of a violent Fever contracted by drinking Small Beer when hot the 12th of May 1764. Aged 26 Years. In grateful remembrance of whose universal good will towards his Comrades, this Stone is placed here at their expence, 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 restor'd by the Officers of the Garrison A. D. 1781.
An Honest Soldier never is forgot
Whether he die by Musket or by Pot.The Stone was replaced by the North Hants Militia when disembodied at Winchester, on 26th April 1802, in consequence of the original Stone being destroyed.
And again replaced by The Royal Hampshire Regiment 1966.
Citations
Grenadier Thetcher's gravestone has been quoted and misquoted extensively in the centuries since his death.
- Bill W., author of Alcoholics Anonymous (1931), the book which inspired the modern spiritiual anti-alcoholism movement, misquotes the gravestone on the first page, writing:
We landed in England. William Griffith Wilson ( 26 November 1895 – 24 January 1971) also known as Bill Wilson or Bill W Alcoholics Anonymous ( AA) is an informal meeting society for recovering and recovered alcoholics, with the stated purpose to help its members "to stay sober and Year 1931 ( MCMXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1931 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. I visited Winchester Cathedral. Much moved, I wandered outside. My attention was caught by a doggerel on an old tombstone: 'Here lies a Hampshire Grenadier / Who caught his death / Drinking cold small beer. / A good soldier is ne'er forgot / Whether he dieth by musket / Or by pot. '" [2]
- Writer Augustus Hare quotes the inscription in the appendix of his Epitaphs for Country Churchyards (1856). Augustus John Cuthbert Hare ( March 13, 1834 &ndash January 22, 1903) was an English writer and Raconteur. Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year [3]
- A dialogue of letters in the New England Journal of Medicine (Vol. The New England Journal of Medicine ( N Engl J Med or NEJM) is an English-language Peer-reviewed Medical journal published 341, No. 17, 1999) cites the inscription as a closing to a discussion of "deglutition syncope", the medical term for fainting when swallowing. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) It is triggered in certain sensitive individuals by cold liquids in the esophagus, especially on hot days. [4]
- Strongs of Romsey, a Hampshire brewing company, used the slogan "drink Strong or none at all" until the 1970s. Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain Brewing is the production of Alcoholic beverage and Alcohol fuel through fermentation. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. [5]
- A reader of Littell's Living Age, a weekly periodical distributed in America from 1844-1941, sent in the full inscription for inclusion in the 8 November 1866 issue, along with a commentary. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1866 ( MDCCCLXVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The unnamed reader wonders "that it has not hitherto appeared". He or she was very resourceful:
I copied it from an inscription on a tombstone in the churchyard of Winchester Cathedral, and a military friend then quartered there informed me that a statement once appeared in Fraser's Magazine to the effect that the quatrain commencing "Here sleeps in peace," was written by Dr. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country was a general and literary Journal, which initially took a strong Tory line in politics Benjamin Hoadley, sometime Bishop of Winchester. Benjamin Hoadly ( 14 November 1676 – 17 April 1761) was an English clergyman who was successively Bishop of Bangor See also List of bishops of Winchester The Bishop of Winchester is the head of the Church of England Now, as Bishop Hoadley died April 17, 1761, it is plain that he could not have written an epitaph on a person who survived him more than three years. Events 69 - After the First Battle of Bedriacum, Vitellius becomes Roman Emperor. Year 1761 ( MDCCLXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a
I have divided the lines exactly as they appear on the tombstone, and beg to direct your attention to the ambiguity of "when hot," which might apply to the "beer" or to its victim ; also to the disembodiment of the North Hants Militia in April, 1802, being assignable (owing to the "obscure language)[sic] to the destruction of "the original stone," and not to the peace of Amiens, which was ratified in March, 1802. Year 1802 ( MDCCCII) was a Common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar or a Common year starting on Wednesday of the The Treaty of Amiens temporarily ended the hostilities between France and the United Kingdom during the French Revolutionary Wars. The inference drawn by the poet that the grenadier was killed by the smallness of the beer, and not by its want of caloric, is as original as it is, doubtless, correct. [6]
Links and further references
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