2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
21/10/1919
Died:
27/12/1946 (Died by accident)
Age:
25
Summary
Fusilier Ernest McGuckin was born in Stewartstown on 21st October 1919, and was the son of the late Robert McGuckin, Low Cross, Tullyhogue, and Emily Morrison, Dennistoun, Glasgow, formerly of Stewartstown, Co. Tyrone. Prior to enlisting in the army on 8th September 1938, Ernest worked as a farm labourer. He died as a result of a road traffic accident while in service in post war Austria, on 27th December 1946, aged 25.
Further Information
Ernest McGuckin was the son of Robert and Emily McGuckin. Ernest McGuckin was born in Stewartstown on 21st October 1919. They lived at Low Cross, Tullyhogue.
Known family: Robert McGuckin, Emily McGuckin, Ernest McGuckin (born 21st October 1919).
Prior to enlisting in the army on 8th September 1938, Ernest worked as a farm labourer.
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 29th June 1940:
Other B.E.F. men who arrived home on leave recently were:
Private Ernest McGuckin, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, of Low Cross, Tullyhogue
Driver John Donnelly, of Coagh Street, Cookstown an ambulance driver attached to the Royal Army Service Corps
Driver Samuel McCann, Royal Army Service Corps, of Coagh Street, Cookstown
Private John Purvis, of Louisville, Cookstown
Corporal Cecil Reynolds, Royal Artillery, of St Jean’s Cottages, Cookstown
Private Clark McNickle, R.I.F., of Louisville
Private Robert Robinson, Royal Army Service Corps, of Union Street, Cookstown
Fusilier Ernest McGuckin was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died as a result of a road traffic accident while in service in post war Austria, on 27th December 1946, aged 25.
From the Mid Ulster Mail possibly dated 1948:
'There is no night that can hide you from sight,
In drifting clouds, in passing crowds, there is you.
You spent too few years upon this earth,
Just long enough to show your worth.
You left a memory, no one can steal,
And heartache, only time can heal.'
Submitted by his mother Mrs Morrison.
Fusilier Ernest McGuckin is buried at Klagenfurt War Cemetery in Austria. His inscription reads: THE HAPPY DAYS WE ONCE ENJOYED, HOW SWEET THEIR MEMORY STILL. GOOD NIGHT, ERNEST
The CWGC record Fusilier Ernest McGuckin as the son of Emily Morrison of Dennistoun, Glasgow.
Private Ernest McGuckin, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, of Low Cross, Tullyhogue
