TN-STMY-0126

Record Date: 
23 June 2014
Graveyard: 
St Mary's Church of Ireland
Exact wording of epitaph: 

SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF

COLOUR SERGEANT DAVID RITCHIE

25TH REG.

THE KING'S OWN BORDERERS

WHO DIED AT TEMPLEMORE ON THE

17TH MARCH 1837 AGED 27 YEARS 6 MONTHS

THIS STONE WAS RAISED BY CAPT. GROVE

TO WHOSE COMPANY THE DECEASED

BELONGED AS A TRIBUTE OF RESPECT TO

DEPARTED WORTH AND HONOUR

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Tipperary
Latitude: 
52.80036306
Longitude: 
-7.830070850001
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
n/a
Number of people commemorated: 
2
People commemorated: 
Title: 
COLOUR SERGEANT
Name: 
DAVID
Surname: 
RITCHIE
Date of death - day: 
17
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1837
Age: 
27
Address: 
TEMPLEMORE
Title: 
CAPTAIN
Name: 
?
Surname: 
GROVE