KK-CIKN-024

Record Date: 
14 July 2012
Graveyard: 
Knocktopher Church of Ireland
Exact wording of epitaph: 

In proud and loving memory of Hercules Ralph Langrishe 2nd Lieutenant Montgomery shire Yeomanry attached Royal Flying Corps, eldest son of Sir Hercules 5th Baronet, killed whilst flying on duty 16th February 1917 in the third year of the Great War aged 29.

Memorial Type: 
Coped stone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.486616388889
Longitude: 
-7.21732
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
Not Stated
Erected by: 
Not Stated
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
195
Width (cm): 
107
Thickness (mm): 
24
Memorial date stated
Day: 
24
Year: 
1917
Memorial date inferred: 
1917
Inscription date primary: 
1917
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound in place
Condition of inscription: 
Decipherable using techniques
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Letter style: 
Copperplate
Introductory term: 
In proud and loving memory of Hercules Ralph Langrish 2nd Lieutenant Montgomery Shire Yeomanry
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Title: 
2nd Lieutenant
Name: 
Hercules Ralph
Surname: 
Langrishe
Date of death - day: 
16
Date of death - month: 
February
Date of death - year: 
1917
Age: 
29
Address: 
Knocktopher Abbey Co Kilkenny