Gravestone, Bangor

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Gravestone, Bangor

Image: © Rossographer Taken: 8 Nov 2025

Gravestone in Bangor New Cemetery to Seaman David Cahill, the first person to be interred in the cemetery. The stone records that he died onboard HMS 'Niobe' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Niobe_(1897) in Bangor Bay on the 20th July 1899.

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Image Location

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Latitude
54.650497
Longitude
-5.676656