KK-STMG-208

Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

To the memory of George Scanlon late Sergeant/ in H.M. Regiment of Foot who died at/ Chatham on the 26th day of February 1843/ Aged 37 years/ He served faithfully in the above Corps upwards/ of 20 years respected by his Brother Sergeants/ who have Erected this stone as a Tribute to the/ memory of a good and worthy Soldier

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Additional details
Erected by: 
'his brother sergeants'
Relationship: 
Unknown
Denomination: 
Church of Ireland
Orientation of face: 
West
Number of components: 
1
Inscribed faces: 
1
Height (cm): 
127
Width (cm): 
71
Thickness (mm): 
5
Memorial date stated
Year: 
0
Memorial date inferred: 
1843
Inscription date primary: 
1843
Memorial material: 
Limestone
Condition of grave: 
Sound, displaced
Condition of inscription: 
Clear
Technique of inscription: 
Incised
Name of recorder: 
F. Donoghue
Number of people commemorated: 
0
Notes: 

Inscribed headstone with rounded central feature and concave shouldered top.