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Record Date: 
12 June 2018
Graveyard: 
Borrisnafarney Church of Ireland
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Sacred to the Memory of

GEORGE BLOOMFIELD GARVEY

Lieutenant Royal Artillery

Eldest son of

George Garvey Esqr

Of Thornvale in this Parish

Born Febry 18th 1831

Died at Port Charles Jamaica Novr 18th

Of yellow fever caught in the zealous discharge

Of his duty as Adjutant

Sincerely loved respected and mourned

By his comrades of all ranks to whom

during his honourable, tho short career

He had become endeared by his many

Amiable and noble qualities.

Fondly beloved and deeply mourned

By his bereaved family in whose hearts

he will ever live.

 

Thanking God upon every rememberence of him

They sorrow not as those who have no hope

But look forward with sure and certain trust

To his glorious resurrection amongst

The dead in Christ

Memorial Type: 
Wall or mural tablet
Grave location
County: 
Offaly
Latitude: 
52.86696429
Longitude: 
-7.9779341100579
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Lieutenant Royal Artillery
Name: 
George
Surname: 
Bloomfield Garvey
Date of birth - day: 
18
Date of birth - month: 
February
Date of birth - year: 
1831
Date of death - day: 
13
Date of death - month: 
November
Relationship with first person: 
Thornvale
Notes: 

Year of death is illegible