Hugh Rose Ross

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Reference WMO/139891

Address:

East Church

Church Street

Cromarty

IV8 8XA

Scotland

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • Afghanistan (1800-1899)
About the memorial: Carved stone memorial affixed to backing plaque. Comprises ceremonial sword hung at either end with items of ceremonial dress and in the centre is hung a dedicatory scroll. The whole is topped with a pith helmet. The Church is in the care of Historic Churches Scotland (formerly known as The Scottish Redundant Churches Trust).
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IN MEMORY OF/HUGH ROSE ROSS/LIEUTENANT ROYAL ARTILLERY/SECOND SON OF/GWH ROSS OF CROMARTY/BORN 31ST MAY 1854/ WAR WITH AFGHANISTAN HAVING BROKEN OUT/LT ROSS VOLUNTEERED TO JOIN ANY/FIELD BATTERY GOING TO THE FRONT/AND WAS AT ONCE POSTED TO G BATTERY.. BRIGADE/WHICH FORMED A PART OF/GENERAL STEWART’S ARMY./ATTACKED BY DYSENTRY AT QUETTAH/HE DID NOT REPORT HIS ILLNESS/LEST HE SHOULD BE LEFT BEHIND,/BUT MARCHES ON WITH HIS BATTERY,/DOING HIS DUTY TO THE LAST,/TILL HE REACHED PISHIN VALLEY,/WHERE, IN CAMP ON THE 12TH JANY 1879 HE DIED/IN THE 25TH YEAR OF HIS AGE,/A BRIGHT EXAMPLE OF SOLDIERLY ZEAL/AND DEVOTION TO DUTY

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