St. Patrick's, COI, South Irish Horse

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St. Patrick's Cathedral, Church of Ireland, South Irish Horse Memorial

Location

South aisle of St. Patrick's Cathedral, Patrick Street.

Type

Bronze unit memorial.

Inscriptions & Imagery

Memorial to the South Irish Horse, a yeomanry unit. The border contains intertwined shamrocks. Each corner has a scroll bearing the theatres of war in which the unit served (France, Flanders, Egypt, Palestine). The emblem of the S.I.H. (a crown and shamrock ) appears at the top over the inscription:

IN MEMORY OF THE

OFFICERS

NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS

AND

TROOPERS

OF

THE SOUTH IRISH HORSE

WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE

1914. GREAT WAR 1918.

[followed by the New Testament passage Revelations XIX]

ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES.

Casualties

General memorial to all S.I.H. casualties. Those with known Dublin links are listed here. Member of this unit also fought as infantry as the 7th Battalion (South Irish Horse), Royal Irish Regiment.

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