Tipperary Memorials
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In Memory

George Guy Atkinson

1872 – 1880 · St. Mary's Church of Ireland

Deo et Regi Fidelis. Sacred to the memory of George Guy Atkinson, Esq., J.P., Ashley Park, Nenagh, who died the 30th July 1872 aged 73; and to his second son George Atkinson, Surgeon-Major A.M.D., who died in the Afghan War in the honourable discharge of his duty the 30th April 1880, after the Battle of Ahmad Khel near Cabul, in the 39th year of his age. “Looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith.” Heb. 12. Erected by James Netterville Atkinson, Ashley Park, in affectionate and grateful remembrance of his beloved father & brother.
Full transcribed inscription

Those remembered here

  • George Guy Atkinson

    Ashley Park, Nenagh

    d. 1872aged 73

  • George Atkinson

    his son, Surgeon-Major A.M.D.

    d. 1880aged 38

Record details

Survey record
No. 1
Memorial type
Wall tablet — white marble on grey base
Condition
Legible
Location
Church interior
Recorded
1982 survey
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Source: Ormond Historical Society — Gravestone Inscriptions, Co. Tipperary, Section B (Barony of Upper Ormond), Vol. 5: Parish of Nenagh (1982). Compiled by Nancy Murphy.