St. Canice's Great War Memorial - Kilkenny, Republic of Ireland.
N 52° 39.147 W 007° 15.435
29U E 617888 N 5835035
Saint Canice's - Great War Memorial - Unveiled nearly 90 years after the end of the First World War. The carved stone tablets can be found in the entrance porch of the Church of Ireland Cathedral.
Waymark Code: WM1106W
Location: Leinster, Ireland
Date Posted: 07/22/2019
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The church of Ireland cathedral of St. Canice's the Great War Memorial is display on the east wall (right) as you enter the main entrance porch.
It consists of three stone cartouches engraved with the names of the fallen. topped by elaborate carved stonework.
The Center Panel features a Celtic Cross followed by the text.
"TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING MEMBERS OF THE DIOCESE OF OSSORY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 – 1919."
Text from Center Panel:
ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT SGT. WILLIAM NEWMAN PTE. WILLIAM BOOTH PTE. ALFRED BRYAN PTE. JOSEPH GARDINER PTE. GEORGE STONE PTE. JAMES STONE
YORKSHIRE REGIMENT LIEUT CHRISTOPHER B. PRIOR-WANDESFORDE1
CHESHIRE REGIMENT CAPT. CHARLES H. VIGORS
ROYAL INNISKILLING FUSILIERS CPL. GEORGE TOMBE
HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT MAJOR PETER M. CONNELLAN1,2,3
YORK & LANCASTER REGIMENT LIEUT. AUBREY C. WHITE
ROYAL IRISH RIFLES RIFLEMAN THOMAS ENGLAND
ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS LIEUT. JESTIN MARTIN
CONNAUGHT RANGERS CAPT. ANTHONY WICKHAM1,2,3
LEINSTER REGIMENT LIEUT. HENRY P. DUDLEY1 LIEUT. FREDERICK G. P. YOUNGE3,4 SGT. THOMAS N. COBURN PTE. WILLIAM P. PITTMAN
BERKSHIRE REGIMENT CAPT. CHARLES P. WHEELER.
Text from panel on Left:
ROYAL NAVY ADMIRAL GERALD C. A. MARESCAUX LIEUT. CMDR. HARRY W. GREGORY LIEUT. CMDR. JOHN S. S. PENROSE2 FIRST LIEUT. RICHARD B. COLLES 2ND OFFICER HARRY TALLIS R.N.T. ENG. JOHN H. WILLOUGHBY
10TH HUSSARS CPL. THOMAS STANNAGE
SOUTH IRISH HORSE TPR. ALBERT E, CARR TPR. SIDNEY G. ROE1
MONTGOMERYSHIRE YEOMANRY LIEUT. HERCULES R. LANGRISHE (ATTACHED R.F.C.)
ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY LIEUT. MERVYN W. BRISCOE (ATTACHED R.F.C.) LIEUT. GERARD F. NIXON1,2,3 GNR. ALEXANDER M. DUKE
ROYAL ENGINEERS LIEUT. COL. ERIC DOBBS1,2 LIEUT. KENNETH MACDONALD (ATTACHED R.F.C.) CPL. CHARLES MILLAR
GRENADIER GUARDS MAJOR THE HON. MYLES B. PONSONBY1,2
IRISH GUARDS L.CPL. WILLIAM J. HOLMES GUARDSMAN HENRY W. COLCLOUGH GUARDSMAN ALBERT MOYNAN
ROYAL WARWICKSHIRE REGIMENT PTE. THOMAS ACKFORD
ROYAL IRISH REGIMENT LIEUT. HUBERT W. BROWN1,2,3 LIEUT. CEDRIC D. NEALON SGT. GEORGE CLAYDON
INDIAN ARMY (41ST DOGRAS) CAPT. G. H. MARSH3 (2ND GURKHAS) CAPT. H. F. F. MARSH
Text from panel on left:
ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS CAPT. SAMUEL C. WEBB4 LIEUT. ARTHUR C. VIGORS4
ROYAL DUBLIN FUSILIERS CAPT. MONA J. N. MCCREERY LIEUT. ROBERT BERNARD1,2 LIEUT. FRANK SPARROW3 SGT. RICHARD V. MURPHY1 L.CPL. CHARLES H. S. WATSON1 PTE. ROBERT DRYDEN
RIFLE BRIGADE RIFLEMAN JACK WILLOWS
MACHINE GUN CORPS LIEUT. GODFREY R. GREENE4
QUEEN ALEXANDRA I.M.N.S. MATRON ELIZABETH K. PARKER
ROYAL AIR FORCE PTE. JOHN H. JEPHSON
OVERSEAS FORCES INDIAN ARMY (56TH PUNJABI RIFLES) MAJOR CHARLES H. VILLIERS-STUART3
AUSTRALIAN IMPERIAL FORCES PTE. HENRY A. MCLEAN
CANADIAN FORCES PTE. JAMES C. BANNAN PTE. ALEXANDER A. CANTLEY PTE. JOHN T. JESTIN PTE. JOHN H. KEARNEY PTE. JOHN W. MCCLEAN PTE. STEPHEN STONE
AFRICAN IMPERIAL FORCES LIEUT. GEORGE F. MANNING
AMERICAN ARMY PTE. RALPH S. TECTOR
“THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT.”
Date the Monument or Memorial was built or dedicated: 08/25/2007
Private or Public Monument?: Private
Name of the Private Organization or Government Entity that built this Monument: St. Canice's Cathedral - Church of Ireland.
Geographic Region where the Monument is located: Europe
Website for this Monument: [Web Link]
Physical Address of Monument:
St. Canice's Cathedral, The Close, Kilkenny. Republic of Ireland.
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