Mary Constance REILLY (née BUTLIN) [1869-1898] | Gwulo: Old Hong Kong

Mary Constance REILLY (née BUTLIN) [1869-1898]

Names
Given: 
Mary Constance
Family: 
Reilly
Maiden: 
Butlin
Sex: 
Female
Status: 
Deceased
Birth
Date: 
c.1869-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Death
Date: 
c.1898-01-01 (Month, Day are approximate)
Cause of death: 
Dysentery

Buried in Hong Kong Cemetery:

18---/09/09-In loving memory/ of/ Mary Constance/ Reilly/ wife of Captain Reilly/ R.A.M.C.# 6093

Source: Patricia Lim's records.

Comments

Mary Constance Reilly, nee Butlin b.1869, daughter of George Butin of Westfield House, Braunston, Northamptonshire. She was the first wife of Major Charles William Reilly RAMC b. 22 Feb 1859. Ireland. He studied medicine at Edinburgh and then joined the Royal Army Medical Corps as a surgeon, being commissioned in 1887. He served in Afghanistan (Relief of Chitral), China (Boxer Rebellion), South Africa and India. Mary Reilly died young of dysentery in China in 1898 and is buried in Hong Kong Cemetery.