Post by Les on Jun 18, 2007 18:42:54 GMT
The following is courtesy of www.victoriacross.org.uk
When John O'Neill died on the 16th October 1942, at the comparatively young age of 45, he had been serving with the Pioneer Corps in Hoylake, Cheshire. He was subsequently buried in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Hoylake, his headstone engraved with his name and his service in the Corps.
The recently raised Leinster Regiment Association believed that recognition for the regiment with which O'Neill had won his Victoria Cross should be displayed on his grave. Therefore, a ceremony was held in Holy Trinity churchyard in which O'Neill's headstone was cleaned and a memorial plaque placed over his burial plot pointing out that he was serving with the 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment when he earned his Victoria Cross on two dates in 1918. The memorial stone was unveiled by Mrs McCaughy and her cousin Mrs Molly Hayes, both relatives of John O'Neill.
When John O'Neill died on the 16th October 1942, at the comparatively young age of 45, he had been serving with the Pioneer Corps in Hoylake, Cheshire. He was subsequently buried in Holy Trinity Churchyard, Hoylake, his headstone engraved with his name and his service in the Corps.
The recently raised Leinster Regiment Association believed that recognition for the regiment with which O'Neill had won his Victoria Cross should be displayed on his grave. Therefore, a ceremony was held in Holy Trinity churchyard in which O'Neill's headstone was cleaned and a memorial plaque placed over his burial plot pointing out that he was serving with the 2nd Battalion, Prince of Wales' Leinster Regiment when he earned his Victoria Cross on two dates in 1918. The memorial stone was unveiled by Mrs McCaughy and her cousin Mrs Molly Hayes, both relatives of John O'Neill.