ME-ARCH-0379

Record Date: 
19 January 2021
Graveyard: 
Ardcath
Exact wording of epitaph: 

                                 REG NO 609000.  GUNNER

                                   PATRICK CONNOLLY

                                 ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY

                           WHO DIED ON 19th MARCH 1920

                                    AGE 29 YEARS

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Meath
Latitude: 
53.607136111111
Longitude: 
-6.3935166666667
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
PATRICK
Surname: 
CONNOLLY
Date of death - day: 
19
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1920
Age: 
29
Address: 
BARTRAMSTOWN.
Notes: 

            THE BRITISH ARMY ERECTED THIS HEADSTONE OVER THE GRAVE OF 

                                                   PATRICK CONNOLLY.

    HE LOST HIS LIFE AS A RESULT OF A MOTOR CYCLE ACCIDENT AT TOMMY WALSH'S CROSS.          

PATRICK HAS BEEN DECRIBED AS A GUNNER ON HIS HEAD STONE MEANING AS A SOLIDER 

HE WAS TRAINED TO FIRE ARTILLARY  AND TO HANDLE  AND FIRE CANNONS.