LI-BRCI-063

Record Date: 
14 August 2012
Graveyard: 
St Peter Alexandria
Exact wording of epitaph: 

TO THE MEMORY OF
JOHN JAMES WILLIAMSON
BRITISH SOUTH AFRICA POLICE
WHO DIED OF MALARIA FEVER
AT BULUWAYO SOUTH AFRICA
26TH JANUARY 1897
TO THE SORROW OF HIS MOTHER AND HIS
BROTHER AGED 29 YEARS
SERVED IN THE FIRST MATABELE WAR 1894
IN JAMESONS RIDE AND
ATTLE OF KRUGERSOORP
AND IN THE SECOND MATABELE WAR 1896
PRESENT AT 17 ENGAGEMENTS
"I AM DISTRESSED FOR THEE MY BROTHER"
H. SAMUEL 1.26.

Memorial Type: 
Wall or mural tablet
Grave location
County: 
Limerick
Latitude: 
52.474573055556
Longitude: 
-8.5484163888889
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Title: 
British South Africa Police
Name: 
John James
Surname: 
Williamson
Date of death - day: 
26
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1897
Age: 
29
Address: 
Buluwayo South Africa