7th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
16/08/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age:
Summary
Joseph Kerr was born in Coalisland. Joseph enlisted in Dungannon. Private Joseph Kerr was serving with the 7th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France on 16 August 1917. Private Joseph Kerr has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial in France. We believe the Private J Carr listed on the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers panel of the Dungannon War Memorial is this man.
Further Information
There is a Private J Carr listed on the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers panel of the Dungannon War Memorial. We believe this is the man.
Joseph Kerr was born in Coalisland
Joseph Kerr enlisted in Dungannon.
Private Joseph Kerr was serving with the 7th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France on 16th August 1917.
From the Tyrone Courier dated 25 May 1916:
Other casualties officially reported in the Inniskillings are :- Killed – Privates G Walker and T Mossy (Augher) ; Wounded - Privates G Caddoo (Greystone), G R Bryan (Dungannon), Jack Williamson (Benburb) and Lance Corporal J Kerr (Coalisland)
Private Joseph Kerr has no known grave and is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial in France.
