DU-STWE-0182

Record Date: 
11 December 2025
Graveyard: 
St. Werburgh's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

To the Memory
of Three Excellent & Lamented Sons this Stone is Erected
by their affectionate Parents Richd & Lucy Bourne
Edmond Bourne fell a Sacrifice to the Destructive
Climate of st Domingo on the 15th of July 1796
being then a Captain in the 81st Regt. Aged 17
Richard Bourne died of a Fever at Columbo in Ceylon
on the 15th of May 1805 being then a Writer
on the civil Establishment of that Island
Aged 19
Robert Bourne died at Kildrefs in the Co. of Tyrone
on the 18th of June 1809 Aged 24
"The Lord gave & the Lord hath taken away
blessed be the name of the Lord." Job. 1. 21.

Grave location
County: 
Dublin
Latitude: 
53.343055555556
Longitude: 
-6.2692805555556
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Edmond
Surname: 
Bourne
Date of death - day: 
5
Date of death - month: 
July
Date of death - year: 
1796