18/10/2023
In Memory Of The Moore Brothers - 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers.
Private Bartholomew Moore, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Known to the family as Bartle Landed in France on the 23rd August, 1914. Taken prisoner on the 27th August, during the retreat from 'Mons. He spent the rest of the war in a prisoner of war camp. After the war, in October 1919, he was discharged on medical grounds, the 'Register of Soldiers Effects' bluntly states 'Insane'. He spent some time getting treatment at the Belfast War Hospital and the Richmond Asylum, Dublin. His medals were issued to him by the Medical Superintendent of Grangegorman Mental Hospital, Dublin. He spent 38 years receiving treatment, the last years in Grangegorman Mental Hospital, and died there on the 1st March, 1957, aged 62. Cause of death was Myocardial Degeneration, 12 months, Myocardial Degeneration, Phthisis, Dementia, certified. On his death certificate, under occupation it simply states 'Soldier'. A sad end to an old soldier. Buried in Grangegorman Military Cemetery, Dublin.
Private James Joseph Moore, 2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Landed in France on the 9th October, 1914. Killed in action at Ypres, on the 2nd March, 1915. Buried in Prowse Point Military Cemetery, Belgium.
Sons of James and Hannah Moore, of 6D, Corporation Buildings, Dublin.