CL-KLRH-0055

Record Date: 
28 May 2014
Graveyard: 
Kilrush Churchyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In
memory of
Christopher Clarke
aged 30.
Sidney Waters
aged 27.
John Walker
aged 19.


Seamen of
the steam ship Eupion
who died from exposure
on a raft.

Their vessel
was sunk without warning
by a German submarine
3rd Oct., 1918.

Erected by
donation from the owners
and subscriptions collected by
J. J. Bradley.

J Coffey   Limerick

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Clare
Latitude: 
52.637585
Longitude: 
-9.4780797222222
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
J. Coffey Limerick
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Christopher
Surname: 
Clarke
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1918
Age: 
30
Name: 
Sidney
Surname: 
Waters
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1918
Age: 
27
Name: 
John
Surname: 
Walker
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
October
Date of death - year: 
1918
Notes: 

All three names are slightly different in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database:

Christopher Clark

Charles A. Walker

Sidney Frederick Walters

See

http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2076708/KILRUSH%20CHURCH%20OF%20IRELAND%20CHURCHYARD

For more on the sinking of the Eupion see:

https://books.google.ie/books?id=0-9MeozGNCcC&pg=PA37

https://www.facebook.com/Irishsoldiersremembered/posts/625392707558302

http://uboat.net/forums/read.php?23,85347,85347