Kilkenny, St. Canices Cathedral

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The War Memorial inside St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny (Photo : Irish War Memorials website)

Photographs of the War Memorial Commemoration and the Cathedral of St. Canice, Kilkenny can be viewed by selecting here.

This Cathedral is at The Close, Kilkenny, and the war memorial is inside the building. The memorial consists of three stone panels in which the names of those commemorated are carved.
The name of Lt. Christopher Butler Prior-Wandesforde is commemorated on this memorial.

Lieutenant Christopher Butler Prior-Wandesforde.

4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Capt. R. H. and Mrs. Prior-Wandesforde, of Castlecomer House, Castlecomer, Co. Kilkenny. Killed 27 June 1917. Aged 20.
Buried ACHIET-LE-GRAND COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION.
(For more detailed information on Lieutenant Prior-Wandesforde, see the Memorial for Kirklington, St. Michael's Church (North Yorkshire).

Photographs

Lt. Christopher Butler Prior-Wandesforde's name as it appears on the War Memorial in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny
Photograph: Irish War Memorials website

St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny
Photograph: Irish War Memorials website

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