14/08/2020 |
Mrs S McGeown, of Loy Street, Cookstown, has received notification that her son, Frank, of the Royal Army Service Corps, was injured in an accident while despatch riding in Holland, and has been taken back to a hospital in England. Previous to joining up, this young man was employed in the Cookstown Bacon Factory. |
14/08/2020 |
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 3rd March 1945: |
04/09/2019 |
The CWGC record Driver Frank McGeown as the son of Bernard and Sarah McGeown of Cookstown. |
04/09/2019 |
Driver Frank McGeown is commemorated on Cookstown Cenotaph. |
04/09/2019 |
Frank McGeown is buried in the family plot at Derryloran Roman Catholic Churchyard, Chapel Hill, Cookstown, |
04/09/2019 |
Driver Frank McGeown’s remains were returned home to Cookstown. |
04/09/2019 |
Driver Frank McGeown was serving with the Royal Army Service Corps when died on 17th March 1945, aged 21 as a result of a road accident. While acting as a dispatch rider in England, his motorcycle collided with a lorry. |
04/09/2019 |
Prior to active service Frank McGeown worked in Cookstown Bacon Factory. |
04/09/2019 |
The family lived at Loy Street, Cookstown. |
04/09/2019 |
Frank McGeown was the son of Bernard and Sarah McGeown (nee Murphy). Frank was born about 1924 in Tyrone. |