GA-STNL-0232

Record Date: 
23 December 2024
Graveyard: 
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church and Graveyard
Exact wording of epitaph: 

Sacred to the memory of David Son of the late Mr David Walters of Bristol who died at Galway on the 4th of May 1853 aged 30 Having died at a long distance from his home his bereaved mother & family have erected hav this stone as a small tribute of affection

Grave location
County: 
Galway
Latitude: 
53.273103055556
Longitude: 
-9.0536830555556
Additional details
References: 
Bur. Reed. Vol. 2 (1853), "Davie Walters (9th Regt), abode Casde Barracks, buried May 6th 1853, aged 30 yrs".
People commemorated: 
Surname: 
WALTERS
Notes: 

A plain Rect. slab with Inc'd. Ins., some of it in Italics. The letters "hav" have been carved by mistake at die start of the ninth line. See also No. 280 for another Walters monument.