Sacred
to the memory of
Francis Brodie
who died 5th February 1878
also
Agnes Turnbull
his widow who died 16(?)th May
1886 aged 81 years.
Also their children
Helen
who died 15th July 1912
buried in Comely Bank
cemetary Edinburgh
Marion
who died 22nd Feb 1920 (?)
and
Janet
who died 21st Dec 1923.
There is an engraving underneath:
There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus
Romans VIII I
And at the bottom:
Erected by
his widow and family
And this is the other side of the gravestone where there is a tragic tale of a death at sea.
It reads as follows:
Also their grandson
Lce Cpl Francis Kerr
1/4th FOSB (not sure if I have all the letters correctly?) died 24th Oct 1915
on board the Aquitania
returning from the Dardanelles
and was buried at sea
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