| Edward Lennox was the son of Robert and Jane Lennox. Robert Lennox married Jane Lennox (maiden name) on 10th September 1891 in the district of Magherafelt.
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| Edward Lennox was born on 11th December 1896 in the Kilrea area. He was one of at least five children.
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| Known family: Robert Lennox, Jane Lennox, James Lennox (born 27th September 1891), Richard Lennox (born 2nd September 1893), Edward Lennox (born 11th December 1896), Rachel Mary Lennox (born 9th September 1898), Jane Evelyn Lennox (born 6th August 1902 OR 20th September 1903).
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| The 1901 census lists Edward as age 4 living with the family at house 24 in Moyknock, Kilrea, Londonderry. They were a farming family.
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| Moyknock lies due east of Fallahogey, halfway between Kilrea and Portglenone.
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| Edward’s mother, Jane Lennox, died on 14th October 1905 in the Kilrea area. She was 33 years old. Edward was nine years old.
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| His father remarried. Robert Lennox married Margaret McKay on 24th November 1908 in the district of Coleraine.
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| The 1911 census lists Edward as age 15 living with the family at house 19 in Moyknock, Kilrea. Edward’s occupation is not listed but it may be assumed he was working on the family farm.
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| Edward Lennox was a Sunday School teacher in Kilrea.
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| Edward enlisted in Kilrea.
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| Edward Lennox served with the Hussars for a time, service no. 24918
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| Rifleman Edward Lennox was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Rifles when he was killed in action on Friday 10th August 1917.
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| From the Belfast Newsletter dated 1st September 1917:
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| Rifleman Eddie Lennox, Royal Irish Rifles, Fallahogey, Kilrea, killed in action on the 10th August.
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| In January 1918, the Kilrea Church of Ireland Men’s Society created an endowment fund for the Sunday School in memory of Rifleman Edward Lennox.
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| Rifleman Edward Lennox is commemorated on a brass plaque inside Kilrea Church of Ireland.
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| Rifleman Edward Lennox has no known grave and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
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| Photo courtesy of North Irish Horse in the Great War.
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