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Updates for Lance Corporal William McMenemy
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22/09/2021 William McMenemy was the youngest son of William and Mary McMenemy. William McMenemy and Mary Ward were married on 4th April 1873 in the district of Dungannon.
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22/09/2021 Private William McMenemy arrived in France with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 5th October 1915.
22/09/2021 William McMenemy was a member of Holdfast L.O.L. No. 1620, Dungannon
22/09/2021 Lance Corporal William McMenemy is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial and on the Holdfast L.O.L. 1620 Dungannon Roll of Honour.
22/09/2021 Lance Corporal William McMenemy has no know grave has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. The Thiepval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20 March 1918 and have no known grave. Over 90% of those commemorated died between July and November 1916.
22/09/2021 Williams’s mother, Mary McMenemy, died in Dungannon on 10th January 1919, aged 67.
22/09/2021 William’s father died on 7th February 1892 in Dungannon, aged 46.
22/09/2021 Known family: William McMenemy, Mary McMenemy, Agnes McMenemy (born 6th August 1874), Margaret McMenemy (born 17th August 1876), James McMenemy (born 5th August 1878), Henry McMenemy (born 21st June 1880), Mary McMenemy (born 25th April 1882), William McMenemy (born 6th November 1884), Elizabeth McMenemy (born 18th April 1887), Ethel McMenemy (born 16th June 1889), Charlotte McMenemy (born 11th June 1892).
22/09/2021 William McMenemy was born on 6th November 1884. He was one of nine children, all born in the Dungannon area.
22/09/2021 ‘William McMenemy died 7th February 1892, and Mary his wife, died 10th January 1919 also; James, son, died 11th March 1893; William, son, Killed in Action July 1st, 1916; Ethel, daughter, died 5th September 1918; Agnes, daughter, died June 15th 1927.’
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27/12/2016 From the Belfast Newsletter dated 18th August 1916:
27/12/2016 Lance Corporal William McMenemy, Tyrone Volunteers, Henry Street, Dungannon, wounded and missing. Corporal McMenemy, who was a time served soldier of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was the drill instructor of the B Company, Dungannon Battalion U.V.F.
30/12/2015
30/12/2015 From the Tyrone Courier dated 3 August 1916:
30/12/2015 He was instructor to 'B' Company of Dungannon Ulster Volunteer Force (U.V.F.).
30/12/2015 William McMenemy lived with his wife in Henry Street, Dungannon.
30/12/2015 Lance Corporal William McMenemy (Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers), wounded, lived with his wife in Henry Street, Dungannon. He was instructor to 'B' Company of Dungannon U.V.F.
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30/12/2015 From the Tyrone Courier dated 13 July 1916:
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30/12/2015 William is also commemorated in Castlecaulfield Presbyterian churchyard on the family gravestone. The inscription reads:
30/12/2015 Lance Corporal William McMenemy 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 the 1st July 1916.
30/12/2015 Colonel Ricardo has written to the relatives of Lance Corporal William McMenemy and Private Samuel Lambe, Tyrone Volunteers, (Dungannon) stating that they have been wounded and are in hospital in France.
30/12/2015 By the time of the 1911 census the William was living with the family in Glenadush, Derrygortrevy, County Tyrone. William is recorded as a 26 year old farmer.
30/12/2015 Colonel Ricardo has written to Mrs McMenemy, Henry Street, Dungannon, informing her that he husband, Lance-corporal William McMenemy, Tyrone Volunteers, who had previously reported wounded and missing, cannot be traced after every possible enquiry and that it is feared he fell on 1st July, and offering the sympathy of all ranks of the battalion in her sorrow.
30/12/2015 William McMenemy enlisted in Bundoran, County Donegal.
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30/12/2015 Mrs McMenemy, Henry Street, Dungannon, received a letter on Thursday from Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo, D.S.O., intimating to her that her husband, Lance Corporal William McMenemy, Tyrone Volunteers, had been reported by his colleagues as having been wounded on 1st July, but he had been unable to trace him as being in hospital or even having been assisted at any of the Field Aid Stations. Corporal McMenemy, who had been a time expired soldier of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, was the popular drill instructor of the B Company Dungannon Battalion U.V.F., and had been employed in the finishing department of Messrs Stevenson & sons Linen Factory, Dungannon
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30/12/2015 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 26th August 1916:
30/12/2015 Prior to the war he was employed in the firm of Messrs Stevenson & Co Ltd.
30/12/2015 Lance Corporal William McMenemy, 9th Inniskillings, is reported wounded in action. His wife resides in Henry Street, Dungannon. He had previous army service, and acted as an instructor to the 'B' Company of the Dungannon Battalion U.V.F. Prior to the war he was employed in the firm of Messrs. Stevenson & Co Ltd.
30/12/2015 From the Tyrone Courier dated 31 August 1916:
30/12/2015 From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 15th July 1916:
30/12/2015 From the Tyrone Courier dated 17 August 1916:
30/12/2015 The 1901 census shows the family to be living in Dungannon. William was not living with the family.
30/12/2015 Mrs McMenemy, Henry Street, Dungannon, received a letter from Colonel Ricardo last week stating that her husband Lance Corporal William McMenemy, Tyrone Volunteers, was reported by his comrades as having been wounded on 1st July, but that he was unable to trace him as having been in hospital or having been assisted at any of the first aid stations. Later, a letter was received from the War Office to the same effect. Lance Corporal William McMenemy, who was a time-expired non-com. of the Inniskillings, was a popular drill instructor to B Company, Dungannon U.V.F.
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30/12/2015 From the Tyrone Courier dated 24 August 1916:
30/12/2015 Officially reported wounded – Inniskillings – Privates J. McVey, Caledon; J. J O'Neill, Coalisland; and Lance Corporal W McMenemy, Dungannon.
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