Royal Munster Fusiliers Memorial - Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland
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BruceS
N 52° 03.448 W 009° 30.393
29U E 465269 N 5767550
Memorial honoring infantry unit mostly from Ireland located in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland.
Waymark Code: WMAE2A
Location: Munster, Ireland
Date Posted: 01/02/2011
Views: 10
The memorial is a 16-foot Celtic cross with bronze plaques (only the one on the front is visible due to fence preventing access, plaques are also located on sides of base listing names of who lost their lives in Burma, South Africa and west Africa). The bronze plaque on the front of the memorial is inscribed:
ERECTED BY
THE COUNTIES OF CORK, KERRY, LIMERICK AND CLARE
AND
BY THEIR SURVIVING COMRADES OF
THE ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS
TO THE
GLORY OF GOD
AND IN HONOURED MEMORY OF
THE OFFICERS NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN
OF THE 1ST. 2ND. 3RD. 4TH. AND 5TH. BATTALIONS
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE DISCHARGE OF
THEIR DUTY ON ACTIVE SERVICE
1881
1902
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Entrance fees (if it applies): 0
Type of memorial: Monument
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