RootsChat.Com

Hi Topsey
I have just seen your post about the Cork Boer War Monument. If you are still interested in information please e-mail me at (*) or post here.
I began researching that monument some years ago but had to finish another project first. I am now in the process of compiling the names of all the Cork men who died during the Anglo-Boer wars (both). I have the names of the men listed on the monument, however some years ago an attempt to blow the monument up distroyed part of the name panels which left some names only partially readable, but I have about 80 full names and many partial names.

If any readers have any information on names connected with Cork city and county I would very much appreacate you contacting me
Regards,
Sean


(*) Moderator Comment: e-mail removed in accordance with RootsChat policy,
to avoid spamming and other abuses.
Please use the Personal Message (PM) system for exchanging personal data.

New members must make at least three postings before being allowed to use the PM facility.
See Help-Page:  http://www.rootschat.com/help/pms.php

Hi Brionne,
This is way past time but I was checking a new message and came across the post, so the information may be outdated for you know.

Just to let you and the other posters know that there are just 230 headstones left in the military cemetery at Assumption Hill Cork. The inscriptions on these have been eroded greatly over the last two years because of their position around a boundary wall of the cemetery as Mitch has said. About 2 years ago I started a survey of the cemetery and have a full list of the names that were on those remaining headstones, but unfortunately the name McPherson is not on the list. There were about 900 burials at the cemetery since it was opened in 1849 up to 1922 with just a few more after that date so they could be buried there but I could never find any full list of burials and to the best of my knowledge no list is on record. This cemetery has been redeveloped as a park for the area and is being well looked after now.
 
In relation to Graball bay or strand, this is located at Crosshaven Co Cork which is almost under the walls of Fort Camden, there is no cemetery associated with this fort but across the harbour on the opposite point is Fort Davis (formally Fort Carlisle), there is a military cemetery there but again the name McPherson is not on those headstones. 

Two other cemetery’s associated with military deaths are the old Clonmel Cemetery at Cobh and the Corkbeg cemetery at Whitegate, I have some photos from those and will go through them to see if the name shows up.

Ron,
Unfortunately the name Mitchell is not on any of those two lists, but I will kepp an eye out for the name.
Regards,
Sean