Memorial

Captain R D B Bruce

A brass family plaque with gold and red lettering and five names in addition to that remembered

Source: Paul Cooper

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Current Location

The Cathedral, Minster Road, Ripon, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG4 1QT, England

SE31429 71129

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 115835
Description: A brass family plaque with gold and red lettering and five names in addition to that remembered
Inscription: IN MEMORY OF / (...) / ROBERT DALRYMPLE BARWICK BRUCE / CAPTAIN R.N. / ELDEST SON OF THE ABOVE W.D. AND L.E.BRUCE / RON AT RIPON 1849, DIED FEB. 3RD 1901 IN THE EXECUTION OF HIS DUTY / WHILST IN COMMAND OF H.M.S. GALATEA AT QUEEN VICTORIA'S FUNERL / BURIED AT HASLAR NAVAL CEMETERY WITH NAVAL HONOURS / (...)

War: Military Service
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Name, captain. service, date and place of death, burial details
Order of names: As above

Plaque

Height: c1524mm

Width: c914mm

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good