7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
17/05/1883
Died:
28/05/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
33
Summary
Joseph Sheridan was the eldest son of Joseph and Mary Sheridan. Joseph was born on 17th May 1883 in the Augher/Clogher area. The family moved to Belfast. By 1901 he was living with the family at Getty Street, Belfast. Joseph was a pricer. Private Joseph Sheridan was serving with the 7th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on Sunday 28th May 1916. He was 33 years old.
Further Information
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Joseph Sheridan was the eldest son of Joseph and Mary Sheridan. Joseph Sheridan and Mary McGarvey were married on the 15th August 1867 in the district of Dungannon.
Joseph Sheridan was born on 17th May 1883. All the children were born in the Augher/Clogher area.
Known family: Joseph Sheridan, Mary Sheridan, Margaret Sheridan (born 8th March 1869), Ellen Sheridan (born 14th December 1873), Mary Sheridan (born 27th March 1876), Catherine Sheridan (born 14th August 1878), Eliza Lizzie Sheridan (born 8th February 1881), Joseph Sheridan (born 17th May 1883), Martha Bridget Sheridan (born 4th April 1886), James Sheridan (born 7th December 1889).
The family moved to Belfast
The 1901 census lists Joseph as age 17, living with the family at house 24 in Getty Street, the Falls, Belfast. His mother was a widow. Joseph was a pricer.
Joseph Sheridan enlisted in Belfast.
Private Joseph Sheridan was serving with the 7th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on Sunday 28th May 1916. He was 33 years old.
Private Joseph Sheridan is buried in Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe in France.
