Full Name: Francis Leo Waldron, known as Leo
Address: 542 North Circular Road
Unit: C Coy, 2nd Battalion, Dublin Brigade.
Born: 5 August 1900 at 180 Guinness Trust Buildings, Bride Street.
Parents: John Arthur Waldron (a Porter) and Margaret, originally Fleming.
Siblings: One younger surviving sister, Mary Agnes.
Military Service: War of Independence. No reference to Civil War service found but he is listed as a member of C Coy on the Second Critical Date, 1 July 1922.
Personal Life: In 1927 Leo became a metalwork and maths teacher at Navan Vocational School, Co Meath. He married Mary Agnes Christina (Molly) Roche at St Kevin’s Church, Harrington Street on 14 August 1930. They raised a family in Co. Meath. He died suddenly on 4 May 1968 aged 67 at his home, 1 McDermott Villas, Navan. A married Vocational Teacher (retired), Meath Vocational Education Committee. Formerly of C Coy, 2nd Battalion Old IRA, founder of Navan Branch, Irish Catholic Boy Scouts and active with the Multiple Sclerosis Society. Buried in St Mary’s Cemetery, Navan. An obituary was published in the Meath Chronicle newspaper. Votes of sympathy were passed by several local bodies and the Old IRA Association, 2nd Battalion, Dublin Brigade. His widow Molly passed away in 1972.
Relatives: Leo and Molly had three children – Raphael (RIP), Pauline and Frances (RIP). Grandchildren John, Gerard and Mary.
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