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The CWGC record Second Lieutenant Joseph James Moore McKinney as the son of Joseph C and Martha E McKinney, of Maghera, County Derry. |
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Second Lieutenant Joseph McKinney has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial in Picardie, France. |
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Second Lieutenant Joseph McKinney was serving with the 12th Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when he was killed in action on Wednesday 27th March 1918. He was 21 years old. |
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The 1911 census lists Joseph J as age 14 living with the family at house 85 in Main Street, Maghera, County Londonderry. Joseph was still at school. |
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Family: Joseph Cowan McKinney, Martha Elizabeth McKinney, Joseph McKinney (born 23rd August 1894, died 8th March 1895), Joseph James Moore McKinney 4 (born 1st August 1896), Annie McKinney (born 4th October 1897, died 24th January 1899), Annie E McKinney (born 14th February 1899), Thomas James McKinney (born 22nd June 1900), William McKinney (born 3rd August 1903). |
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The 1901 census lists Joseph J as age 4 living with the family at house 15 in Maghera, County Londonderry. Joseph’s father owned a grocer’s store in Maghera. |
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Joseph James Moore McKinney was born on 1st August 1896 in Maghera. |
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Joseph was the eldest of four surviving children (of six). The first child of Joseph and Martha was also called Joseph. He was born 23rd August 1894 and died 8th March 1895. |
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Joseph McKinney was the eldest child of Joseph and Martha McKinney. Joseph Cowan McKinney and Martha Elizabeth Moore were married on 14th September 1893 in the district of Magherafelt. |
