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Private JOHN CONDON

Service Number: 6322
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1915

Age 14 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

LVI. F. 8.

Belgium

Westtoer Site Images: Belgian Cemeteries

Photographer: Max Dutton

Famous casualties: headstone of Pte. J Condon in Poelcapelle British Cemetery, Belgium (age 14 - youngest known battle casualty of the war).

Photographer: CWGC

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Condon, of Waterford. Youngest known battle casualty of the war.
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7486
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