9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
08/05/1897
Died:
25/06/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
20
Summary
Robert McKeown was the son of William and Isabella McKeown (nee Allen). He was born on 8th May 1897 in Garvaghy, Errigal, Ballygawley, County. Tyrone. He was one of eleven surviving children, all born in the Ballygawley. Private Robert McKeown was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France on 25th June 1917.
Somer Farm Cemetery is located 6.5 Kms south of Ieper town centre on the Hollebekestraat, a road leading from the Rijselseweg (N365), connecting Ieper to Wijtschate and on to Armentieres.
