LA-LEAO-0014

Record Date: 
4 November 2020
Graveyard: 
Lea, Old
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Erected by her nephews and nieces

in memory

of

Hannah Hughes...

March 11 1881 aged 75 yrs...

Graigue Averne, Ballybrittas,

also her nephew Henry Hughes

Jan 27th 1893...

and of Lietenant George Hughes/

his brother, who died Dec 4th 1893

perished with Major Wilson and all

his heroic /party in the Matebele

was. His remains / Together with

those of

of his comraden were bored

grave in the Zimbabyet

Ruins, South Africa

Memorial Type: 
Headstone
Grave location
County: 
Laois
Latitude: 
53.15552725995
Longitude: 
-7.1417329600123
Additional details
Inscription legible: 
Yes
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Hannah
Surname: 
Hughes
Date of death - day: 
11
Date of death - month: 
March
Date of death - year: 
1881
Age: 
75
Address: 
Graigueaverne, Ballybrittas
Name: 
Henry
Surname: 
Highes
Date of death - day: 
27
Date of death - month: 
January
Date of death - year: 
1893
Title: 
Lieutenant
Name: 
George
Surname: 
Hughes
Date of death - day: 
4
Date of death - month: 
December
Date of death - year: 
1893
Notes: 

Headstone on base, sound and in situ. Unusually thick lichen coat all over.

xref https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan_Wilson_(army_officer)