KK-STMA-0023

Record Date: 
27 June 2012
Graveyard: 
St. Mary's
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Sacred to the memory of Cpl F Lord, L/Cpl A Walsh , Pte W G Heppenstall who lost their lives through an explosion in Castlecomer 25 September 1919. Erected by their comrades of the 2nd / 1st (A P W O) Yorkshire Hussars."

Grave location
County: 
Kilkenny
Latitude: 
52.807513055556
Longitude: 
-7.2002680555556
Number of people commemorated: 
3
People commemorated: 
Name: 
Frank
Surname: 
Lord
Name: 
A
Surname: 
Walsh
Name: 
George
Surname: 
Heppenstall
Notes: 

George Frederick Heppenstall is now on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register as from Wednesday 31st January 2007. The different spelling is because that is the way it is spelt on the death certificate.

Pte George HEPPENSTAL
60817 2nd/1st Yorkshire Hussars Yeomanry
Died 26.09.19 Aged 22
Buried: Castlecomer (St Mary) Church of Ireland Churchyard, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland.