CO-CCCF-0010

Record Date: 
4 July 2013
Graveyard: 
Christchurch
Exact wording of epitaph: 

IN 

LOVING MEMORY OF 

HUBERT BERNARD TONSON RYE D.S.O.

LT. COL. THE ROYAL MUNSTER FUSILIERS

I HAVE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT

I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE

I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH.   11 TIM VERSE 4

NOVEMBER 22ND 1950.

GOD BE WITH US, TILL WE MEET AGAIN.

Memorial Type: 
Cross
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.909919722222
Longitude: 
-8.7928247222222
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
HICKEY, AHERLA
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Lieutenant Colonel
Name: 
Hubert Bernard
Surname: 
Tonson Rye
Date of death - day: 
22
Date of death - month: 
November
Date of death - year: 
1950
Notes: 

The initials 'D.S.O.' stand for Distinguished Service Order, a British military decoration.

Hubert Bernard Tonson Rye, D.S.O. and Bar. Being of ancient French nobility stock, the Ryes have been in Ireland for centuries. Hubert studied at Radley College, where he became a distinguished cricketer. He joined the Royal Munster Fusiliers and served in India, where he married Harriet Moore, the daughter of a Cork clergyman. He became Colonel of the Second Battalion, and served at Mons, Loos, Aubers, The Somme, Passchendaele and the Hundred Days, and was twice awarded the D.S.O., as well as numerous Mentions in Despatches. One of the most distinguished officers in that regiment, he represented the regiment when the Celtic Memorial Cross was unveiled at Ypres. He returned to Ryecourt, and was buried in Christchurch Graveyard. (Source: ACR Heritage).