2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
23/11/1915 (Killed in Action)
Age:
Summary
John McKenna was the son of Catherine McKenna. John was born in Kildress, Cookstown, County Tyrone. John McKenna was working in Govan, Scotland when he enlisted in the army at the outbreak of war. Private John McKenna was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on Tuesday 23rd November 1915. In his Will, he left all to his mother, who was living in Upper Killeenan, Kildress.
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.