Wall monument in St Cuthbert’s Burial Ground, Edinburgh to Lieutenant Alexander Kerr RN d. 1872 and Lieutenant John Kerr RN d. 1875
Location
St Cuthberts Burial Ground, Kingstables Road, Edinburgh, Scotland
Transcript
'JOHN HARRY MAULE / INFANT SON OF / CHARLES M. KERR ESQ / DIED 31ST JANUARY 1860 / AGED 10 MONTHS / CHARLIE THE BELOVED / ONLY SURVIVING CHILD OF / CHAS M. KERR WHO DIED AT / MANITOBA CANADA / ON 11TH OCTOBER 1883 AGED 31 / ALEXANDER ROBERT KERR / LIEUT R.N. / DIED AT MALTA 30TH DECR 1872 / AGED 28/ JOHN GEORGE FORMAN KERR / LIEUT R.N / DIED AT CHELTENHAM / 8th APRIL 1875 / AGED 26 / [ONLY SON?] OF / ADMIRAL R KERR[?] CECILIA / HIS DAUGHTER / [WIFE?] OF [CAPTAIN...ON] / DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY / DIED AT ...INDIA / 12 JULY 1882 / MARGARET ELIZABETH / WIFE OF ADMIRAL ROBERT KERR / DIED AT CHELTENHAM / 27TH AUGUST 1894 AGED 84'
Details
Position: East of gate at Kingstables Rd. Monument faces south overlooking a B.R.Railway. Tunnel below to west of Edinburgh Castle. 10 yds from edge of tunnel
Materials: Yellow sandstone- crumbling in places, White marble inset bottom central
Artists: Ritchie
People
Age: 28
Date of Death: 30/12/1872
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Kerr, John George Forman
Age: 26
Date of Death: 8/4/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant RN
Organisation: Royal Navy