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Military burial 1908 - looking for info re Cork area forts
« on: Friday 28 August 15 12:43 BST (UK) »
Hoping someone can help with a lookup favour?
Am searching for the burial record and/or monumental inscription for a John Rogers MORGAN, Royal Engineers who died in 1908 on a parade ground in the Cork area, maybe Crosshaven - I have one record of him being stationed at Fort William, but I can't find a fort of this name on maps, and only either Camden /Meagher or Templebreedy would seem to fit location-wise.
Can anyone help?
 
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Re: Military burial 1908 - looking for info re Cork area forts
« Reply #1 on: Friday 28 August 15 12:56 BST (UK) »
Could the reference to Fort William refer to the one in Scotland? There was a fort and  military garrison there from Jacobite times.
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Re: Military burial 1908 - looking for info re Cork area forts
« Reply #2 on: Friday 28 August 15 13:01 BST (UK) »
No, it's definitely not the one in Scotland...I have a copy of an Irish DC
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Re: Military burial 1908 - looking for info re Cork area forts
« Reply #3 on: Friday 28 August 15 13:05 BST (UK) »
What's listed as place of death on Death Certificate?
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRFG-QJH
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Re: Military burial 1908 - looking for info re Cork area forts
« Reply #4 on: Friday 28 August 15 13:09 BST (UK) »
Quote from: aghadowey on Friday 28 August 15 13:05 BST (UK)
What's listed as place of death on Death Certificate?
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FRFG-QJH
Also, what's the registration sub-district?

Charles Fort is in Kinsale area-
http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/south-west/CharlesFort/
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Re: Military burial 1908 - looking for info re Cork area forts
« Reply #5 on: Friday 28 August 15 13:20 BST (UK) »
Crosshaven
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Re: Military burial 1908 - looking for info re Cork area forts
« Reply #6 on: Friday 28 August 15 23:44 BST (UK) »
There is Camden Fort overlooking the entrance of Cork Harbour near Crosshaven

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camden_Fort_Meagher
http://camdenfortmeagher.ie

Not sure where the name "Fort William" would apply... (it was rebuilt in the Williamite Wars but never heard the name applied)
Camden Fort was renamed Fort Meagher in the late 1930's after the Young Irelander.
So now called Camden Fort Meagher.
It is an extraordinary structure and well worth a visit. Local voluntaries have put a lot of work into restoring it and if your relative was buried near here they will no doubt do their best to help. There are ph no.s and emails on the website.  A cursory look on line didn't show an attached graveyard and I didn't see one on a recent visit. but there surely must be?
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Re: Military burial 1908 - looking for info re Cork area forts
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Re: Military burial 1908 - looking for info re Cork area forts
« Reply #8 on: Saturday 29 August 15 12:27 BST (UK) »
Gosh a long way from Crosshaven then...I imagined it would be one of the forts overlooking/guarding the entrance to Cobh/Cork harbour area....
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