In memory of Alice Charlotte wife of Capt. M. Arbuthnot. XIV Hussars daughter of George Lord Rivers killed by lightning on the Shilthorn Alp 21. June 1865 aged 23 memorial plaque re-erected 1990 schilthornbahn
This plaque is slightly understated. Alice Charlotte, daughter of Lord Rivers, was on her wedding tour. Being good healthy Victorians they were of course climbing a mountain on their honeymoon. Alice rested on a slab of rock and was struck by lightning. The slab of the rock is now on her grave.
Trail between Birg and Schilthorn peak, Mürren
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Alice Charlotte Pitt
(1841-1865)
(1841-1865)