9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
01/07/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
Summary
William McMenemy was the son of William and Mary McMenemy. William was born in Dungannon about 1885. By the time of the 1911 census the William was living with the family in Glenadush, Derrygortrevy, County Tyrone. William is recorded as a 26 year old farmer. Lance Corporal William McMenemy was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on the 1st July 1916.
The Thiepval Memorial will be found on the D73, next to the village of Thiepval, off the main Bapaume to Albert road (D929). Each year a major ceremony is held at the memorial on 1 July.
