Memorial
G D Kinahan
Current Location
Knockbreda Parish Church, Church Road, Belfast, Belfast, Antrim, BT8 7AN, Northern Ireland
OS Grid Reference
NW 47173 25544
Denomination
Church of Ireland
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 69291
- Description
- Rectangular grey marble tablet with decorative scrolled shoulders surmounted by a pediment with a sculpted crest of the 54th regiment at the centre. The tablet is mainly incised with roman capital lettering filled in black and is fixed to a black slate wall plate with tapering sides supported on bracket feet and surmounted by a triangular pediment.
- Inscription
- SACRED/ TO THE MEMORY OF/ GEORGE DANIEL KINAHAN, ESQ., / ENSIGN IN HER MAJESTY'S 54TH REGT. AND ELDEST SON OF/ THE REV. JOHN KINAHAN, RECTOR OF THIS PARISH;/ WHO DIED OF YELLOW FEVER, AT ST. JOHN'S ANTIGUA, ON THE 11TH DECEMBER, 1849./ AGED 21 YEARS./ HE WAS A YOUNG MAN OF THE GREATEST PROMISE,/ UNIVERSALLY BELOVED AND LAMENTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM,/ A MOST AFFECTIONATE SON AND BROTHER, AND A WRM-HEARTED FRIEND;/ HIS KIND DISPOSITION ENDEARED HIM TO ALL RANKS;/ HIS COLONEL AND BROTHER OFFICERS EVINCED THEIR LOVE FOR HIS MEMORY/ BY ERECTING A MONUMENT AT ST. JOHN'S, WHERE HE IS INTERRED;/ HIS AFFLICTED PARENTS AND FAMILY, WHILE DEEPLY MOURNING HIS LOSS,/ HAVE THE CONSOLATION OF KNOWING THAT HE DIED IN THE LORD REJOICING IN PRAYER,/ AND THE CERTAIN HOPE OF A JOYFUL ETERNITY, THROUGH HIS SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST./ THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED BY HIS PARENTS/ IN MEMORY OF THEIR MUCH LOVED SON, AND AS A SMALL TRIBUTE TO HIS WORTH,/ DURING HIS SHORT BUT BRIGHT CAREER IN THIS LIFE./ 1ST. THESS, IV CHAP. 13, 14. VER.
- War
- Military Service
- Number Commemorated
- 1
- Died
- 1
- Information shown
- Forenames, surname, rank, regiment, relationships, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death, place of interment.
- Sponsor Type
- private
- Sponsored By
- Reverend & Mrs John Kinahan (parents)
Components
- Tablet
Height: c.1050mm
Width: c.960mm
Depth: c.40mm
Made from: Marble - Grey
Condition: Good
- Base
Height: c.1050mm
Width: c.960mm
Depth: c.40mm
Made from: Slate
Condition: Good