Hugh Rose Ross

1854 - 1879  (24 years)

• Name	Hugh Rose Ross
  Born	31 May 1854
  Gender	Male
  Died	12 Jan 1879	Pishni Valley, Afghanistan
  Person ID	I28627	Munro
  Last Modified	27 May 2001

  
  

  Father	George William Holmes Ross, Of Culcairn,   b. Est 1816, Of, Cromarty ,   d. 19 Nov 1883, Cromarty House  (Age ~ 67 years)
  Mother	Adelaide Lucy Davidson,   b. Abt 1828,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	20 Apr 1849
  Family ID	F9966	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Hugh entered the army in early life as a Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery. In 1878, at the outbreak of the war with Afghanistan, Lieutenant Ross volunteered to join any field battery going to the front. He was at once posted to G Battery, 4th Brigade, forming part of General Sir Donald Stewart's army. He was attacked by dysentery at Quettah, and did not report his illness, but marched with his battery, doing his normal duty to the last. When the forces reached Pishni Valley, his illness increased to such an extent that he was unable to proceed further. He died there in camp on 12 Jan 1879. He was not married. References: (1) "History of the Munros of Fowlis" by A. Mackenzie (1898) - p. 167