2nd Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
10/12/1875
Died:
24/05/1915 (Killed in Action)
Age:
39
Summary
John Toner was the eldest son of William and Sarah Toner. He was born on 10th December 1875. He was one of ten children, seven surviving, all born in the Dungannon town area. John worked at the local mill in Dungannon most of his life. Private John Toner was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when he was killed in action in Belgium on 24th May 1915.
Further Information
John Toner was the eldest son of William and Sarah Toner. Best match in GRONI is a William ‘Jones’ who married Sarah Beattie on 20th May 1875 in the district of Dungannon.
John Toner was born on 10th December 1875. He was one of ten children, seven surviving, all born in the Dungannon town area.
Known family: William Toner, Sarah Toner, John Toner (born 10th December 1875), William Toner (born 8th November 1877), Ellen Toner (born about 1879), Elizabeth Toner (born 3rd January 1882), Margaret Toner (born 5th May 1884), Mary Toner (born 18th November 1888), Sarah Toner (born 24th May 1891), Catherine Toner (born 31st May 1894), Joseph Toner (born 10th February 1897).
The 1901 census records the Toner family at house 39 in Ballysaggart, Derrygortrevy, Dungannon, Tyrone. John was 25 years old and was working as a Bundler in a Spinning Mill. John was unable to read or write. His father William Toner was a Stone Breaker.
The 1911 census shows the family living at house 6 in Railway View, Dungannon, Tyrone. John was now 36 years old and not married. Most of the family now worked at the local mill.
John Toner enlisted in Dungannon.
Private John Toner arrived in France with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers on 2nd May 1915.
Private John Toner was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when he was killed in action in Belgium on 24th May 1915.
Private John Toner has no known grave and is commemorated on Panels 44-46 of the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Private John Toner is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial.
The CWGC records Private John Toner as the son of William and Sarah Toner of Beech Valley, Dungannon, County Tyrone.
