John Condon (British Army soldier)
- John Condon (British Army soldier)
Infobox Military Person
name=John Condon
lived=c.5 October1896 – 24 May1915
placeofbirth=Waterford City,Ireland
placeofdeath=Ypres
caption=
allegiance=United Kingdom
serviceyears=1913-1915
rank=Private
commands=
unit=Second Battallion, The Royal Irish Regiment (1684)
battles=World War I, Second Ypres
awards=Unknown
family=
portrayedby=
enteredservice=
John Condon (supposedly born c. 1901-24 May 1915 was long believed by some to be the youngest British soldier to die during the First World War, at the age of only 14 years, as shown on his gravestone.
It is now believed from a birth certificate, census, war diaries and other records that John Condon would have been some 19 years and 7 months old at the recorded date of his death and that the wrong individual is named on the grave. At the present time, the headstone and the CWGC record continue to assert the challenged data.[ [http://www.cwgc.co.uk/Condonevidence.htm# Campaign for War Grave Commemorations] Analysis of Commonwealth War Graves Commission error] [ [http://archives.tcm.ie/waterfordnews/2007/01/25/story24517.asp Waterford News (2007)] ] [ [http://archives.tcm.ie/waterfordnews/2003/02/14/story9389.asp Waterford News (2003)] ] [ [http://www.cwgc.org Commonwealth War Graves Commission database] ] ]It is asserted
*The body in the unmarked grave was misidentified as Condon based on an ambiguous boot stamping "6322 4/R.I.R." found at exhumation
*The stamp was interpreted by the Imperial War Graves Commission as being Regimental Number 6322 of the 4th Battalion Royal Irish Regiment.
*Condon was not in the 4th but the 3rd battalion
*The same stamping could denote 6322 Rifleman Patrick Fitzsimmons, 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Rifles, KIA 16 June 1915, who previously was in the 4th battalion Royal Irish Rifles.
*While the 2nd R.I.Rifles fought at the location of the exhumation, the 3rd R.I.Regiment did not.
*No body was ever identified as 6322 Rifleman Patrick Fitzsimmons. He is listed on the Menin Gate memorial.
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