From a headstone in Winchester Cathedral to a Grenadier of the Militia
who died, aged 26, of a fever contracted by drinking small beer when hot
...
"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 ...
An honest soldier never is forgot
Whether he die by musket or by pot "
