The Samuel Gibson Tomb
In St. Mary's churchyard, the table-tomb by the SW corner of the church hall has the following inscription.
TO THE MEMORY OF GOD AND IN MEMORY OF SAMUEL GIBSON, LATE PRIVATE 27TH INNISKILLINGS. BORN AT TANDERAGEE, CO. ARMAGH, IN 1790. DIED IN CATERHAM ASYLUM DEC 15, 1891.
SAMUEL GIBSON, WHOSE FATHER WAS IN THE MONAGHAN MILITIA, ENLISTED IN THE 27TH INNISKILLINGS IN 1803 AND SERVED THROUGHOUT THE PENINSULAR AND WATERLOO CAMPAIGNS IN THAT DISTINGUISHED REGIMENT.
THIS MONUMENT WAS CREATED BY OFFICERS, NON-COM OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE 27TH INNISKILLINGS 1892. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH HE WAS ONE OF THE LAST KNOWN SURVIVORS OF WATERLOO.
If you do the sums, you'll see he was only 12 or 13 when he enlisted and lived to 100 or 101.
From "The Beacon", Jan-08.
