CO-CTCH-0272

Record Date: 
25 September 2013
Graveyard: 
Christ Church Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

HERE LYETH YE BODY OF

WILLIAM SIMMONDS

LATE SERGT IN YE 14TH REGT OF LIGHT DRAGOONS

DIED 13TH AUGUST 1780

AGED 33 YEARS

NO EPITAPH NEED MAKE THE JUST MAN FAMED

TOO GOOD HIS PRAISE WHEN ONLY HE IS NAMED

THIS STONE WAS ERECTED TO HIS MEMORY BY YE SAID REGIMENT

Grave location
County: 
Cork
Latitude: 
51.747171388889
Longitude: 
-8.7370497222222
People commemorated: 
Title: 
Sergeant
Name: 
William
Surname: 
Simmonds
Date of death - day: 
13
Date of death - month: 
August
Date of death - year: 
1780
Age: 
33