| 05/09/2021 |
Annie Shields is listed in the 1912 Belfast Street Directory, Fivemiletown section, as having refreshment rooms. There is no listing of her in the 1911 Irish census. |
| 05/09/2021 |
Rifleman John McGinlay is commemorated locally on Fivemiletown War Memorial. |
| 05/09/2021 |
Rifleman John McGinlay is buried in Franvillers Communal Cemetery Extension, ten kilometres from Albert in France. His inscription reads: UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS R.I.P. |
| 05/09/2021 |
Rifleman John McGinlay is listed on page 66 of the Fivemiletown book, from which most of these details come from. Many thanks to Mark Byers for the information. |
| 05/09/2021 |
John McGinlay’s connection with Fivemiletown seems to be that his widowed mother remarried and moved to live in Cooneen, Fivemiletown. |
| 30/12/2015 |
The CWGC record Rifleman J McGinlay as the Son of Annie Shields (formerly McGinlay), of Cooneen, Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone, and the late Hugh McGinlay. |
| 30/12/2015 |
Rifleman John McGinlay was serving with the 8th (City of London) Battalion (Post Office Rifles) of the London Regiment when he was killed in action in France & Flanders on 28th June 1918. He was 19 years old. |
| 30/12/2015 |
John McGinlay was living in Greenock when he enlisted at Stirling Castle. |
| 30/12/2015 |
John McGinlay was the son of Hugh and Annie McGinlay. John was born about in 1899 in Greenock, Scotland. |
