10th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
22/06/1891
Died:
01/01/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
25
Summary
Robert McCracken was born in Maghera on 22nd June 1891. Robert enlisted in Donegal. Private Robert McCracken was serving with the 10th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in Belgium on 1st July 1917. He was 25 years old.
Further Information
Robert McCracken was born in Maghera on 22nd June 1891.
Robert McCracken was a member of Upperlands U.V.F. and L.O.L.
Robert McCracken was employed by Messrs William Clark & Sons, Upperlands.
Robert enlisted in Donegal.
Private Robert McCracken was serving with the 10th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in Belgium on 1st July 1917. He was 25 years old.
Robert had just arrived back on the front line on New Year’s Eve following a spell in hospital. He was hit by a shell splinter and was killed instantly.
From the Belfast Newsletter dated 20th January 1917:
Private R McCracken, Boveedy, Kilrea, killed in action. He was formerly employed by Messrs William Clark & Sons, Upperlands.
From the Belfast Newsletter dated 20th January 1917:
Private R McCracken, Boveedy, Kilrea, killed in action. He was formerly employed by Messrs William Clark & Sons, Upperlands.
Private Robert McCracken is buried in Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Cemetery. Hyde Park Corner Cemetery is located twelve kilometres south of Ypres town centre in Belgium.
Private Robert McCracken is commemorated on a plaque in Upperlands Protestant Hall.
The CWGC record Private Robert McCracken as the son of Mrs McCracken of Boveedy, Kilrea, County Derry.
