64 · THE FAMILY OF GALPIN OF if
After remaining some time on half-pay, I think that General
Elliott was the means of his getting a Company in the 73rd,
one of the new levies left standing after the war. ,
" Captain Galpine being on picquet in the trenches at the
Siege of Pondicherry, when the enemy was firing briskly, he 4 ,
was supposed to have fallen asleep; an officer going to awaken  
him, put his hand in his ne·ck——his head having been taken _
off by a cannon ball and the trunk left upright in the chair. r
Thus fell as gallant a soldier as the sun ever shone on. I
" He was tall with an expressive countenance, strong abilities
and a cultivated mind; having seen a great deal of the world  Y
no one was better calculated to adorn Society; he had so happy
a laugh and his command of words was so fascinating, it was .
impossible not to retire from his company without thinking
him the pleasantest man alive." `
The account also describes Lieutenant Galpine in the `
" mouth of fire " at the great attack at Gibraltar extinguishing ( 
a {ire and fetching water under a furious fire, for a wounded
private.
See also A journal qf z/ze Bloc/eerie and Siege (y' Giemlmr
éy Samuel! Arzcell, published by A. Edwards at Cork in 1793. 1
(Siege of Gibraltar, 1779 to 1783.) F
General Elliott, afterwards Lord Heathfield. c
]oHN GALPINE
Lieutenant 54th West Norfolk Regiment of Foot 18 Nov.  
1795, when he was I7 years of age; Captain, 24 March 1803.
Army List.
Served in the West Indies under Sir David Baird. Born E
1 779. Died at Antigua. See Will (Surrey). I
]oHN GALMNE (Le., John Kingston Galpine) ,
Ensign 18th (or Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot 9 ]uly I
1803; Lieutenant, 1805; Paymaster. .
(Died at Blandford St. Mary Kitty Galpine, widow of ]ohn ? t 
Galpine, Paymaster of the 18th Foot, aged 78, A.D. 1849.)  1