CO-CAKN-0087

Record Date: 
12 June 2013
Graveyard: 
St. Catherine's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED
to the memory of
PRIVATE WILLIAM TOWNSEND
9th Regiment who died on the
3rd July 1857 from the effects
of a gunshot wound recieved at
the Kinsale ball practicing ground
aged 21 years
illegible inscription
This stone is erected to his
memory by the men of his company

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.704071388889
Longitude: 
-8.5008563888889
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Private
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Townsend
Date of death - day: 
3
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1857
Age: 
21