Margaret Mary Pia DILLON (2)
- Extended Description
- Photograph of a memorial and anchor of RMS Leinster
The plaque reads -
In memory of the 501 passengers, crew and postal workers
who lost their lives following the sinking of the RMS Leinster
on 10 October 1918
Dedicated by -
Mr. Eamon Gilmore TD.
Minister of State
Dept. of the Marine
20 January 1996
A side panel reads -
The anchor of the RMS Leinster was recovered by
Noel Brien,
Brian Whelan,
Billy Owens,
and Fred Hick, on behalf of Marine Research
For full story -
Photograph credited to Find a Grave
R.M.S. “Alphabetical List of Casualties, A - H”...
This memorial is several things at the same time. It is a grave for some, and is also in effect, a virtual cemetery, in essence a sub-group ofGrangegorman Military Cemeterywhere the majority of the recovered bodies of those who died were buried.When the project to list all known casualties was...
www.findagrave.com
Margaret Mary Pia DILLON, nee Cantillon. Nurse VAD
Born on the 27th of May 1877 to Denis and Mary Ellen Cantillon, nee Mahony
Died at sea on the sinking of RMS Leinster was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-Boat 10 October 1918
Those who died alongside her were –
Sophie Violet Barrett
Anna Maud Irene Barry VAD
Margaret Dillon VAD
R.M.S. Leinster: People on board
The sinking of the R.M.S. Leinster, October 10, 1918.www.rmsleinster.com
