Depot, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
26/06/1898
Died:
01/11/1918 (Died of Illness)
Age:
20
Summary
Mitchell McFarland was the youngest son of Uriah and Lucinda McFarland. He was born on 26th June 1898 in Ballygawley, County Tyrone. He was the second youngest of seven children, all born in the Clonavaddy area. His father was a farm labourer. His mother died when he was five. Private Mitchell McFarlane was serving with the garrison depot of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he died of influenza / pneumonia at the Military Hospital in Omagh on 1st November 1918.
St. Paul's Killeeshil Church Of Ireland Churchyard lies midway between Dungannon and Ballygawley. There are 2 Commonwealth burials of the 1914-1918 war here.
