Over the weekend, I read of the unveiling of a plaque in Killorgin to local men who died in World War 1 and also of the President being in Liège to commemorate the start of the Great War.
I was reminded of my last visit to Killorglin where I saw this plaque in the entrance foyer of the Church of St. James. This did cause me to pause for a while:
I was reminded of my last visit to Killorglin where I saw this plaque in the entrance foyer of the Church of St. James. This did cause me to pause for a while:
- Three members of one family to die
- Two to die on the same date, one year after the other
- Two to die so close to the end of the war on 11th November.
Then last night, I received the latest blog from Patrick Comerford and was reminded of the futility of sending troops to charge against machine gun fire. Later, RTE showed My Great War where four members of the Conlon family died in the war.
If all of these are floating around my head, I might as well share them.
If all of these are floating around my head, I might as well share them.
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IN
LOVING MEMORY
OF
CAPT. J. O. C. DODD, R.M.F.
KILLED IN FRANCE 7TH NOV. 1918
BURIED AT ST. REMY
LIEUT. F. J. DODD, M.G.C. | LIEUT W. DE C. DODD, R.A.F.
GASSED | KILLED IN AIR FIGHT
DIED MILITARY HOSP., GRANTHAM | 31ST OCT. 1917
31ST OCT. 1918. | BURIED AT MARQUOIN
BURIED AT GRANTHAM |
“GREATER LOVE THAN THIS HATH NO
MAN. THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS
LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.”
R. I. P.
LOVING MEMORY
OF
CAPT. J. O. C. DODD, R.M.F.
KILLED IN FRANCE 7TH NOV. 1918
BURIED AT ST. REMY
LIEUT. F. J. DODD, M.G.C. | LIEUT W. DE C. DODD, R.A.F.
GASSED | KILLED IN AIR FIGHT
DIED MILITARY HOSP., GRANTHAM | 31ST OCT. 1917
31ST OCT. 1918. | BURIED AT MARQUOIN
BURIED AT GRANTHAM |
“GREATER LOVE THAN THIS HATH NO
MAN. THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS
LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS.”
R. I. P.
Other World War 1 commemorative plaques on Irish War Memorials.
