CO-CCCF-0027

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

IN LOVING MEMORY

OF

THOMAS PHILIP SHERARD CROSTHWAIT C.E

WHO ENTERED INTO REST

MARCH 16TH 1929

AGED 94 YEARS

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.909920789931
Longitude: 
-8.7929490200096
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Thomas Philip Sherard
Surname: 
Crosthwait
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1929
Age: 
94
Notes: 

The initials 'C.E' stand for Civil Engineer.

Thomas Philip Crosthwait was an engineer on the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway. His son William, who had qualified as an architect, emigrated to Canada but joined the Canadian forces at the beginning of WW1 and died at Passchendaele. (Source: ACR Heritage).