Here rests in the hope of: a glorious resurrection in the body of: CHARLES JEFFEREYS SYMES: Lieutenant and Adjutant of the Seventh Regiment of Foot Royal Fusiliers:
Who died 26 December 1786: In the Twenty third year of his age: Few were his days but abundant in: Distinguished excellence as the applause of: The public the regrets of friendship and the Tears of love indisputably prove.
As a christian he served God by faithful: Obedience to his laws.
In his military character he was possessed of talent that would had he lived longer have intided him to the highest honours of his profession.
In social and domestic life no language can do justice to his worth nor can his most disconsolate widow sufficiently show all her own and her infants irreparable loss
This marble and these few lines are meant as a testimony sincere tho inconsiderable of her unceasing grief for that loss and of her unalterable love and profound respect to his dear and honourable memory
Tombstone in St. Nicholas kirkyard, Aberdeen
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