9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
02/07/1898
Died:
16/08/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
19
Summary
James McKendry was the youngest child of Charles and Eliza McKendry. He was born in the Maghera area on 2nd July 1898. He was one of three children. His father was a linen finisher. James McKendry enlisted in Maghera. He was living in Castledawson at the time. Private James McKendry was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on 16th August 1917 at Passchendaele. He was just 19 years old.
The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment under their respective Ranks. The names of those from New Zealand units are inscribed on panels within the New Zealand Memorial Apse located at the centre of the Memorial.
