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PVT Christopher Beresford

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PVT Christopher Beresford

Birth
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
Death
7 Aug 1919 (aged 20–21)
County Dublin, Ireland
Burial
Deans Grange, County Dublin, Ireland Add to Map
Plot
63 - J3 - North
Memorial ID
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31228 Private Christopher Beresford.
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
6th Battalion.

Aged 21.
Son of Mrs. Sarah née Doherty Beresford, of 4 Reilly Cottages, Upper Clanbrassil Street, Dublin.

His birth was registered in Dublin South district, in Q2, 1898.
John Christopher Beresford, son of Christopher Beresford and Sarah Doherty, of 51a Brunswick Street, Dublin, was baptised in St. Andrew's Church [RC] Westland Row, Dublin, in 1898.


In the 1911 census, the Beresford family were living at 77, Lower Clanbrassil Street, Dublin.
It was a tenement building, which housed 6 families of 21 people in 8 rooms.
The Beresford family lived in 1 room.

present were,
Christopher Beresford, aged 46, a General Labourer, married,
Sarah, his wife, aged 50, married
They had been married 14 years, and had 4 children, 2 of whom were alive

John, son, aged 12, a Scholar,
Margaret, daughter, aged 9, a Scholar,
all members of the family were born in Dublin city.


Christopher's name is included in
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial






31228 Private Christopher Beresford.
The Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
6th Battalion.

Aged 21.
Son of Mrs. Sarah née Doherty Beresford, of 4 Reilly Cottages, Upper Clanbrassil Street, Dublin.

His birth was registered in Dublin South district, in Q2, 1898.
John Christopher Beresford, son of Christopher Beresford and Sarah Doherty, of 51a Brunswick Street, Dublin, was baptised in St. Andrew's Church [RC] Westland Row, Dublin, in 1898.


In the 1911 census, the Beresford family were living at 77, Lower Clanbrassil Street, Dublin.
It was a tenement building, which housed 6 families of 21 people in 8 rooms.
The Beresford family lived in 1 room.

present were,
Christopher Beresford, aged 46, a General Labourer, married,
Sarah, his wife, aged 50, married
They had been married 14 years, and had 4 children, 2 of whom were alive

John, son, aged 12, a Scholar,
Margaret, daughter, aged 9, a Scholar,
all members of the family were born in Dublin city.


Christopher's name is included in
Deansgrange Cemetery War Memorial





Inscription


In
Loving Memory
of our dear son
Pte. CHRISTOPHER BERESFORD
6th Batt. R.D.F.
died 6th August 1919
aged 22 years


R. I. P.

Gravesite Details

The headstone is damaged, and the grave is in a very dilapidated area of the cemetery


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