9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
01/07/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
Summary
Ernest Corr is recorded as being born in Caledon, County Armagh, which implies he was born on the eastern side of Caledon in County Armagh. Ernest Corr enlisted at Finner Camp in County Donegal. Private Ernest Corr 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 1st July 1916. Private Ernest Corr has no known grave and is commemorated on pier and face 4D and 5B on the Thiepval Memorial in France.
Further Information
Ernest Corr is recorded as being born in Caledon, County Armagh, which implies he was born on the eastern side of Caledon in County Armagh.
The Armagh War Memorial website listed Ernest Corr in the 1901 census as age 23, a labourer, Church of Ireland, living with his grandmother Isabella Corr, at Churchill Street, Caledon, County Tyrone.
Ernest Corr enlisted at Finner Camp in County Donegal. .
Private Corr arrived in France to join the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 9th December 1915.
Private Ernest Corr 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 1st July 1916.
Private Ernest Corr has no known grave and is commemorated on pier and face 4D and 5B on the Thiepval Memorial in France.
