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The Old Church Cemetery is an ancient cemetery on the outskirts of the town of Cobh, County Cork, Ireland which contains a significant number of important burials, including a number 3 mass graves and several individual graves containing the remains of 193〔http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0510/1224270049812.html〕 victims of the passenger ship which was sunk by a German torpedo off the Old Head of Kinsale during the First World War in May 1915 with the loss of more than 1,100 lives. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission register and maintain the graves of 127 identified Commonwealth service personnel (including ''Lusitania'' victims) from the same war.〔() CWGC Cemetery Report.〕 ==Notable burials== *Jack Doyle, (1913-1978) - boxer, singer and actor. *Dr James Roche Verling, (1787-1858) - personal physician to Napoleon Bonaparte during his exile on St. Helena *Robert Forde, (1875-1959)- Antarctic explorer *Frederick Daniel Parslow, (1856-1915) posthumous recipient of the Victoria Cross and first member of British Mercantile Marine to receive the award. * Captain Thomas Brierley, awarded a medal for his part in rescue of survivors from RMS ''Lusitania''. * Charles Wolfe (1791–1823) poet, remembered for "The Burial of Sir John Moore at Corunna" * Six members of the crew of the British submarine which was destroyed in an accidental explosion at nearby Haulbowline Naval Base in February 1905. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Old Church Cemetery (Cobh)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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