John Condon Memorial
John Condon Memorial
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JnVSydney
Greater Sydney, Australia23,353 contributions
Oct 2024 • Couples
Located within the viking triangle, stands a bronze memorial that is dedicated to the youngest allied soldier (only 14) to die during WW1.
Written 15 November 2024
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111TWIGAMINHAAFRIKA
Bristol, UK7,783 contributions
Jun 2019 • Friends
World War One memorial to honour the fallen...
...lest we forget.
A piece of beautiful art work created as a mark of respect.
...lest we forget.
A piece of beautiful art work created as a mark of respect.
Written 14 July 2019
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Greg
Cambridge, UK5,205 contributions
Apr 2019 • Couples
Decorated to a young boy killed during the Great War, you’ll find it a little way from the waterfront promenade and close to Waterford Museum of Treasures. Not one of Waterford’s biggest attractions, so not a priority.
Written 14 April 2019
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dgbg100106
Odenton, MD1,686 contributions
Apr 2018 • Couples
This is a memorial dedicated to John Cordon, the youngest recorded casualty on the Allied side in the first World War. Waterford-born Private John Condon who died in Flanders at the age of just 14.
Written 20 May 2018
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Bozeman-Dublin
Trim, Ireland11,391 contributions
Jul 2020 • Friends
Very sad, the youngest recorded casualty of war, at least on the allied side, in the Great War or WW1. Condon was a local lad so this is a very fitting, sobering and moving tribute right in the heart of the Viking Quarter in central Waterford.
Written 15 July 2020
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John M
Lyon, France2,062 contributions
Jun 2019 • Solo
This statue is dedicated to the memory of Waterford-born Private John Cordon, the youngest recorded casualty on the Allied side in the first World War – he was killed in gas attack in Flanders at the age of just 14, on May 24th, 1915. Many people were on hand in Cathedral Square to see the specially commissioned sculpture by artist Paul Cunningham unveiled by the Mayor of Waterford in the presence of his nephew, also called John Cordon, on May 18th, 2014. The bronze cylindrical memorial, standing 4.3 metres high, commemorates some 4,800 people from Waterford city and county fought in World War 1 and over 1,100 of them perished. John, who lied about his age to join the Irish Regiment, was attached to the Second Battalion of the Regiment, which was involved in the Second Battle of Ypres in 1915 when the Germans used poison gas to attack the Allies. He was the ‘Youngest Known Battle Casualty of the War’ and his is one of the most visited of the war graves in Poelkapelle near Ypres.
An associated inscription from the Tom Kettle’s poem, ‘To My Daughter Betty, the Gift of God’: written within two weeks of Kettle's death, in WW1, to a daughter whom he had never met, this poem may have been a comfort to her for the rest of her life, as well as a comment on the folly of war.
"So here, while the mad guns curse overhead,
and tired men sigh with mud for couch and floor,
know that we fools, now with the foolish dead,
died not for flag, nor King, nor Emperor,
but for a dream, born in a herdsman’s shed,
and for the secret Scripture of the poor"
An associated inscription from the Tom Kettle’s poem, ‘To My Daughter Betty, the Gift of God’: written within two weeks of Kettle's death, in WW1, to a daughter whom he had never met, this poem may have been a comfort to her for the rest of her life, as well as a comment on the folly of war.
"So here, while the mad guns curse overhead,
and tired men sigh with mud for couch and floor,
know that we fools, now with the foolish dead,
died not for flag, nor King, nor Emperor,
but for a dream, born in a herdsman’s shed,
and for the secret Scripture of the poor"
Written 21 July 2019
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Dan L
Bunbury, Australia8,733 contributions
May 2019 • Couples
Located in Cathedral Square is a simple memorial to Private John Condon, at 14 years of age, the youngest recorded casualty on the Allied side in WWI. Like many others he foolhardily lied about his age to participate in 'the great adventure' and paid the ultimate price. The memorial also serves as a dedication to all men and women from Waterford who died in armed conflict including in the Irish War of Independence.
Written 18 June 2019
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Robert H
Dronfield, UK628 contributions
Sept 2018
Take time to stop and read the inscription on this monument fully. It’s a sad reminder of what War can do. It is also a reminder of a very brave and courage young boy who will never grow old.
Written 18 September 2018
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