27th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
01/08/1889
Died:
03/12/1918 (Home)
Age:
29
Summary
Joseph Milligan was the eldest child of Joseph and Margaret Milligan. He was born on 1st August 1889 in Magherafelt town. His father and both surviving sons were shoemakers. Private Joseph Milligan had been discharged from the army due to wounds received during the war and at home on 3rd December 1918. He was 29 years old. Private Joseph Milligan is buried in St Swithin’s Church Of Ireland, Magherafelt.
Further Information
Joseph Milligan was the eldest child of Joseph and Margaret Milligan. Joseph Milligan married Margaret Magill on 26th October 1888 in the district of Magherafelt.
Joseph Milligan was born on 1st August 1889 in Magherafelt town.
Family: Joseph Milligan, Margaret Milligan, Joseph Milligan 12 (born 1st August 1889), Thomas Milligan (born 25th February 1892, died 11th September 1895), William Milligan 7 (born 24th February 1894).
The 1901 census lists Joseph as age 12 living with the family at house 44 in Rainey Street, Magherafelt. His father was a shoemaker.
The 1911 census lists Joseph as age 21 living with the family at house 58 in Rainey, Magherafelt, Londonderry. His father and both surviving sons were shoemakers.
Joseph Milligan enlisted on 14th November 1914, and was deployed to France in October 1915.
Private Joseph Milligan was home on leave in December 1916 and it was noted then that he was with the 10th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 2 December 1916: Magherafelt
Private Joseph Milligan, Rainey Street, is home on leave. He belongs to the 10th Inniskillings.
Private Joseph Milligan was serving with the 27th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was discharged on 24th October 1918 due to wounds (SWB No 508908).
Joseph Milligan died at home from those wounds on 3rd December 1918. He was 29 years old.
Private Joseph Milligan is buried in St Swithin’s Church Of Ireland, Magherafelt.
The CWGC record Private J Milligan as the son of Joseph and Margaret Milligan of Magherafelt, Co. Londonderry.
Military details courtesy of the War Graves Ulster Project page on Facebook
