The tomb of David Dumbreck can be seen in the English cemetery of Florence (Piazzale Donatello). It is located along the extrenal fence, not far from the cemetery's entrance.
The English inscription reads as follows: “SIR DAVID DUMBRECK K.C.B. / BORN IN ABERDEENSHIRE 1805 / INSPECTOR GENERAL OF ARMY HOSPITALS AND / HONORARY PHYSICIAN TO THE QUEEN SERVED WITH / DISTINCTION IN THE CRIMEA WAS PRESENT AT THE / BATTLES OF ALMA BALACLAVA INKERMANN AND / THE SEIGE [SIC] OF SEBASTOPOL, FOR WHICH HE / RECEIVED THE CRIMEA MEDAL WITH 4 CLASSES / THE TURKISH MEDAL AND THE KNIGHTHOOD OF / THE ORDER OF THE MEDJIDIE / HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE AT FLORENCE 24 JAN 1876 UNIVERSALLY REGRETTED / THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED TO / HIS MEMORY BY HIS SORROWING WIDOW / BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD / REV. XIV.15”1.
- Photos by Luca Borghi ti.supmacinu|ihgrob.l#| (August 2023), courtesy of Julia Bolton Holloway
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