- Type of Memorial
- Addition to gravestone
- WMR Reference Number
- 109121
- Description
- Family headstone in three parts, consisting of a large base plinth of light coloured granite. This stone is rough and unpolished and has a slight taper upwards towards the upper plinth which sits centrally. This upper plinth although smaller in size is still very large and is constructed from black granite. It has been polished and again it tapers slightly upwards towards the main memorial stone, it is engraved on its face with the quote "Gone But Not Forgotten". The main section of the memorial is constructed from black granite and has an equilateral arch at the top, with an etched floral and leaf design directly underneath this. On the sides and at the bottom of the arch, the stone cuts back in towards the centre for a short distance. This cut-away section has an etched pillar on each side of the stone on its face. The lettering on the face of the memorial has been engraved into the stone and is highlighted with white paint.
- Inscription
- ERECTED / BY / JOHN RALPH / IN LOVING MEMORY OF / HIS WIFE / ELSIE MAIN, / WHO DIED 11TH MARCH 1907 / AGED 48 YEARS. / ALSO HIS TWO SONS / WHO WERE KILLED IN ACTION / IN FRANCE / PTE. WILLIAM RALPH, / 8TH SEAFORTHS / 10TH MAY 1916, AGED 20 YEARS. / PTE. JOHN RALPH, / 1/6TH SEAFORTHS / 25TH MARCH 1918, AGED 24 YEARS. / GEORGE, DIED IN VANCOUVER, B.C. / IN 1932, AGED 46 YEARS / ALEXANDER, LOST AT SEA / IN CANADA, IN 1934, AGED 35 YEARS / THE SAID JOHN RALPH / DIED 14TH FEB. 1947, AGED 88 YEARS. / HIS SECOND WIFE JESSIE McKAY / WHO DIED IN 1933 AGED 84 YEARS. / GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN.