Tombstone of Seweryn Rymaszewski

Vilnius | Lithuania

Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius

ID: NGR-009242-P

Tombstone of Seweryn Rymaszewski

Vilnius | Lithuania

Burial place marked by an irregular stele closed with a semicircle. On the front a shallow panel with semi-circular chamfered lower corners, where a relief cross and inscription are carved. The whole is enclosed by a fence consisting of four cylindrical pedestals connected by a wrought iron chain.

Inscription:

Ś. + P. / SEWERYN / RYMASZEWSKI / P. PUŁKOWNIK I D-CA GRO - / DZIEŃSKIEGO P. STRZ. KA - / WALER KRZYŻA / VIRTUTTI MILITARI "V KL! / POLEGŁ ŚMIERCIĄ BOHA - / TERSKĄ W OBRONIE OJCZY - / ZNY, POD MACIEJUŃCAMI / 19. XI. 20 R. / UKOCHANEMU D - CY / OFICEROWIE I SZEREGOWI //.

Related persons:

Seweryn Rymaszewski

Time of origin:

1935-1939

Emplacement de la pierre tombale:

Numéro de secteur 2 (Old Rossa) Numéro de la tombe 43

Dimensions:

106 x 45 x 18 cm

Additional dimensions:

fencing: 50 x 150 x 180

Materials:

grey magmatic rocks (syenite, granodiorite, grey granite and others)

Additional Information about materials:

wrought iron and granite fencing

Additional information:

According to Lucjan Uziębła's file, there was a brass plaque by the gravestone with the inscription: To the unforgettable heroic commander / in tribute / 81st Grodno Rifle Regiment //. On this basis, it can be assumed that the present form of the tombstone comes from a later period, probably the 2nd half of the 1930s. In 1915, he received an officer's patent of the Russian army, in 1918 he was admitted to the Polish Army, in 1919 he attended the First Course of the Military School of the General Staff in Warsaw. In 1920 he was promoted to second lieutenant, and from October 1920 commanded a Grodno rifle regiment. He fell on November 19, 1920 in the village of Matvińce, situated by the Szyrwinta River. He was posthumously promoted to the rank of colonel. Decorations Silver Cross of the Military Order of Virtuti Militari Cross of Merit of the Army of Central Lithuania - posthumously (1926)

State of preservation:

mosses, lichens, cracks, cavities

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