CV-RATH-0055

Record Date: 
28 October 2020
Graveyard: 
Church of the Rath
Exact wording of epitaph: 

101263 GUNNER
C. E. North, Royal Field Artillery, 7th June 1918 Age 21

Thy will be done.

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Cavan
Latitude: 
54.017163888889
Longitude: 
-7.5316527777778
Additional details
Stonecutter/monumental sculptor: 
CWGC
Inscription legible: 
Yes
Number of people commemorated: 
1
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Gunner, Royal Field Artillery, 86th Brigade
Name: 
Cecil Edward
Surname: 
North
Date of death - day: 
7
Date of death - month: 
June
Date of death - year: 
1918
Age: 
21
Address: 
Main Street, Killeshandra
Notes: 

Inscription with cross bearing the regiment badge of RFA

Son of Mrs Sarah North of Main Street, Killeshandra

Commonwealth Graves Commission:
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/662627/

Listed on Killeshandra and Cavan War Memorials

Military burial with full honours, mentioned in Anglo Celt newspaper 22 June 1918

Died from war wounds in hospital at Bristol, England