2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
23/11/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
20
Summary
John Donaldson was a son of John and Mary Donaldson of Drumglass, Dungannon. John lived with his wife Mary in North Street, Stewartstown. He was killed in action on 23rd November 1916, when his unit had been ordered to attack Munich trench and succeeded in entering it but were unable to reach their second objective. Four men were killed in this attack with forty-two wounded and nineteen missing. John Donaldson was listed as missing.
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, next to the village of Thiepval, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
