Memorial

Lieutenant F. Ross

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Source: Copyright Alexander Fraser Kumar

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Current Location

Generalised cemetery grid co-ordinates, eastern boundary area,, Topsham Cemetery, Elm Grove Road, Topsham, Exeter, Devon, EX3 0BW, England

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 25428
Description: Recumbent veiled figure on a family tomb chest under a canopy on square pillars with acanthus capitals.
Inscription: THIS MONUMENT IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER/ LIEUT. FRANCIS ROSS, R.N./ WHO WAS KILLED ON BOARD H.M.S. TREMENDOUS, IN THE VICTORY OF THE 1ST. OF JUNE 1794, IN THE 35TH. YEAR OF HIS AGE./ ONE VENGEFUL BALL BY BATTLE SPED./ A GALLANT SPIRIT FLIES:/ BLUE SURGES CLOSE ABOVE HIS HEAD./ IN OCEANS DEPTHS HE LIES./ A SEVERED TRUNK - NO WARNING GIVEN./ ONE MOMENT WARM WITH LIFE:/ BUOYANT WITH HOPE, AND TRUST IN HEAVEN./ THE NEXT - PAST MORTAL STRIFE./ YIELD UP - YIELD UP - THOU MIGHTY SEA,/ RESTORE THY PREY TO LIGHT;/ DEATH HAS BEEN VANQUISHED. SOULS ARE FREE:/ STAND FORTH. REDEEM'D IN MIGHT./ F.W.L.ROSS.

War: French Revolutionary Wars (1792-1802)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Relationship, rank, forename. surname, service, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death.

Gravestone

Height: 2480 mm

Width: 2290 mm

Depth: 1830 mm

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good