CO-SMCY-0793

Record Date: 
9 August 2013
Graveyard: 
Collegiate Church of Saint Mary
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In

loving memory

of

Charles Edward Ridley Holroyd-Smyth

Distinguished Service Order Military Cross

Captain Prince of Wales’ own 3rd Dragoon Guards,

Temp Lt Col 15th Batt Durham Light Infantry.

Died 23rd September 1918

from wounds received in action while

leading his battalion in the attack on Villers Guislain

18th September 1918 aged 36

second son of

Colonel and Lady Harriette Holroyd –Smyth

of Ballynatray Co.Waterford.

Greater love hath no man than this that

a man lay down his life for his friends.

Memorial Type: 
Wall or mural tablet
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.955073429952
Longitude: 
-7.8534811699989
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Temp Lt Col, D.S.O
Name: 
Charles Edward Ridley
Surname: 
Holroyd-Smyth
Date of death - day: 
23
Date of death - month: 
September
Date of death - year: 
1918
Title: 
Col
Surname: 
Holroyd-Smyth
Address: 
Ballynatray, Co.Waterford
Relationship with first person: 
Father
Title: 
Lady
Name: 
Harriette
Surname: 
Holroyd-Smyth
Relationship with first person: 
Mother