Jim Smithson has kindly pointed out a page of research that investigates the John Condon story. In a previous post, I claimed that the youngest soldier in the first World War was John Condon from Waterford, Ireland who was supposed to have been killed in Ypres aged 13. This was based on various sources on information, but there are doubts about John’s age at the time of his death.
As Jim points out, there are lots of graves of extremely young soldiers – 15 and 16 years old, all too young to have died in a mans war.
My Great uncle John Mc Stravick was killed in action on 25th April 1915 age 17.I think he lied about his age to enlist Is there anywhere I can find information about him
Hi Geraldine
I’ve started to have a look around the various archives that might have information:
The CWGC is a good starting point, and give us some pointers to Lurgan. I haven’t yet found a good census site for Lurgan for around that time, but I’ll keep looking. Good luck with your search.
Pete