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NYGWPB.764.053
24 May 1764:31 (1116)
[News from London. Description of the burial of William [
] Dillon, Serjeant-Major in the Hon. Col. Elliot's light
horse, who had been jailed for firing at his sweetheart
"with an intent to kill".] . . . His character was, in his
company, as a soldier, strictly good and honest; and to shew
the same, his Honourable Commander sent a command of a
Serjeant, trumpet, and twelve men, to attend the funeral,
which made, in the march before the corpse, a genteel and
very solemn appearance, marching with their firelocks
clubbed; and as soon as the ceremony was over, they fired
three vollies over the grave, the trumpet sounding between
each fire.
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