| 26/02/2017 |
Private Joseph McMullan, Connaught Rangers, Lisnagrot, Kilrea, killed in action. |
| 26/02/2017 |
From the Belfast Newsletter dated 11th August 1917: |
| 24/04/2016 |
Private Joseph Patrick McMullen has no known grave and is commemorated on the Basra Memorial in Iraq. |
| 24/04/2016 |
Joseph Patrick McMullen was born in the townland of Glenbuck, close to the village of Dunloy. |
| 24/04/2016 |
Joseph attended the school at Slatt. |
| 24/04/2016 |
Unconfirmed family: Nathaniel McMullan (father), Daniel McMullen, William McMullen, Elizabeth McMullen, Mary McMullen, Joseph McMullen, Nathaniel McMullen |
| 24/04/2016 |
He was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and belonged to the Rasharkin branch with the number 153. |
| 24/04/2016 |
Joseph was living in Kilrea when he enlisted in Londonderry. |
| 24/04/2016 |
Joseph Patrick McMullen was born in Rasharkin (about 1881?). |
| 24/04/2016 |
According to the family he was attached to an elite force belonging to Lawrence of Arabia and was on a special job attempting to blow up a railway when the unit he was a part of was attacked and overwhelmed. |
| 24/04/2016 |
Much of this information is extracted from other research (Kilrea book and references below). Unfortunately it has been impossible to find GRONI or Census evidence to compliment the details. |
| 24/04/2016 |
Private Joseph Patrick McMullen was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Connaught Rangers when he was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 11th July 1917. |
