2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
14/11/1885
Died:
27/08/1914 (Killed in Action)
Age:
28
Summary
John Gunning Moore Dunlop was the son of Dr Archibald Dunlop and Bessie Dunlop. He was born on born 14th November 1885 in Holywood, County Down. His mother, Elizabeth Gunning Moore, was originally from Cookstown. John was the nephew of Mr J B Gunning-Moore of Coolnafranky, Cookstown. Archibald Dunlop was a physician. John received his commission in 1910. At the outbreak of the war he volunteered in August 1914. After Mons he was reported missing and later confirmed killed in action near Clary on 27 August.
Honnechy is a village in the Department of the Nord, 8 kilometres south-west of Le Cateau. Honnechy British Cemetery is north-east of the village, on the north-west side of the road to Reumont.