In Memory
of
ROBERT ILIFFE Gent:
Son of Robert and Jane Iliffe
Cornet in the Regt of Horse
raised by His Grace John
Duke of Montague
against the Rebels in 1745
He Died November ye 16th 1768
AEtat: 65
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Robert Iliffe was born in 1703.
This Regiment of Horse was known as "Montagu's Carabineers". It took part in the Battle of Culloden after
which it was disbanded.
Cornet: "the third commission-officer in a troop of horse or dragoons. This is a very honourable post: he
commands in the lieutenant's absence; his principle duty being to carry the standard, near the middle of the
first rank of the squadron. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed.