ERECTED AT THE PUBLIC EXPENSE / TO THE MEMORY OF / GENERAL GEO.AUGS.ELLIOT LORD HEATHFIELD.K.B. / IN TESTIMONY OF THE IMPORTANT SERVICES WHICH HE RENDERED TO HIS COUNTRY / BY HIS BRAVE AND GALLANT DEFENCE OF GIBRALTAR / OF WHICH HE WAS GOVERNOR / AGAINST THE COMBINED ATTACK BY THE FRENCH AND SPANISH FORCES / ON THE 13TH.SEPTEMBER 1782. / HE DIED ON THE 6TH.JULY 1790.CHAS.ROSSI.R.A.SCULPTOR.1825