Midleton
Eire
The Midleton World War I Memorial is located in Distillery Road, Midleton, Co. Cork. (see the Google Earth photo below which shows its location).
The memorial consists of Portland stone plaques set on the wall within flat pilasters bearing the badges of the regiments and services. A central plaque bears the dedication, a relief image of a soldier standing at a grave and exhortations. Separate limestone plaques bear extracts from poems.
10 plaques commemorate the names of the dead from Midleton and the surrounding area.
1 soldier who served with he Yorkshire Regiment came from Limerick and is commmeorated on this memorial.
Private Patrick Dillon
8359. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Died at home 7 July 1919.
Husband of Annie Dillon, of 87, Norwich St, Benwell, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
Buried BENWELL (ST. JAMES) CHURCHYARD.
(Patriock Dillon's Pension Record surives. He was in the 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment which embarked for Belgium on 4 October 1914. He was wounded in the 1st Battle of Ypres, and was captured. He was repatriated as a POW on 14/9/1917, was hospitalised, and was discharged as unfit for further service on 15/11/1917.)
Additional information;-
Patrick Dillon was buried 12 July 1919 in section D, plot 64; Roman Catholic ceremony; Silver War Badge No: 264638; Enlisted: 14/06/1906; Discharged: 15/11/1917.
SDGW has "Born Middlesbrough", but being commemorated on the Midleton (Eire) WW1 Memorial indicates that he was actually born in Ireland (In Lisgoold, a small village just 9 miles North of Midleton.)
Photographs
Photograph: Irish War Memorials website
Photograph: (Midleton War Memorial Project)
Photograph: (Google Earth