Location

The plaque is on the back of one of the choristers stalls in the chancel.
South side, front row, sixth from the west end.
 

Memorial
Plaque to Captain Christopher Hore Hatchell
Inscription
CAPTAIN CHRISTOPHER
HORE HATCHELL 43RD LT.
INFANTRY DROWNED IN
CORK HARBOUR. OCT 11
1870 AGE 33. DD:
OFFICERS 43RD LT. INFANTRY

 

Further Information (From the 1873 Guide to the Church)
 
Captain Hatchell, 43rd Light Infantry, was engaged in the suppression of the mutiny 1857-8. Medal; also highly distinguished himself by his gallantry during the New Zealand War, 1864-5, Medal. Accidentally drowned in Cork Harbour October 11th 1870, aged 33 years.
 

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