8th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
16/08/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
31
Summary
Joseph McKenna was the eldest son of Patrick and Catherine McKenna. Joseph was born about 1886 in Shankill, Belfast. His father Patrick was a butcher. The 1911 census lists Joseph as age 24 living with his wife Ellen at house 23 in Burlington Street, Dock Ward, County Antrim. He was working as a butcher. They had been married for about 3 years, since about 1908. Corporal Joseph McKenna was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France and Flanders on the 16th August 1917. It is not certain Joseph McKenna ever lived in the Dungannon District.
Further Information
Joseph McKenna was the eldest son of Patrick and Catherine McKenna. Patrick McKenna and Mary Johnston were married on 5th March 1886 in Belfast.
Joseph was born about 1886 in Shankill, Belfast.
The 1901 census lists Joseph as age 14, living with the family at house 48 in New Lodge Road, Belfast. He had left school and was working as a messenger. His father Patrick was a flesher.
Known family: Patrick McKenna, Catherine McKenna, Joseph McKenna (born about 1887), John McKenna (born 9th June 1888), Henry Graham McKenna (born 4th September 1890), Patrick McKenna (born 30th January 1892), Mary Catherine McKenna (born 11th October 1896), Thomas McKenna (born 20th December 1903), Daniel McKenna (born 8th July 1906), Emily McKenna (born 23rd November 1908).
Joseph McKenna and Ellen Cullen were married on 19th April 1908 in Belfast
The 1911 census does not list Joseph as living with the family at house 37 in New Lodge Road, Dock Ward, County Antrim. His parents are listed as being married 25 years. His father Patrick was a butcher.
The 1911 census lists Joseph as age 24 living with his wife Ellen at house 23 in Burlington Street, Dock Ward, County Antrim. He was working as a butcher.
Possible family: Joseph McKenna, Ellen McKenna, Joseph McKenna (born 12th December 1911), Patrick McKenna (born 26th January 1914).
Joseph McKenna enlisted in Belfast.
Corporal Joseph McKenna was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France and Flanders on the 16th August 1917. He was 31 years old.
Corporal Joseph McKenna has no known grave and is commemorated on Panels 70-72 of the Tyne Cot Memorial.
The CWGC record Corporal McKenna as the son of Patrick and Catherine McKenna of 122 New Lodge Road, Belfast.
The CWGC also record Corporal Joseph McKenna as the husband of Ellen McKenna of 3 Union Place, Dungannon, County Tyrone.
It is not clear if Joseph McKenna ever lived in the Dungannon District.
