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William Wilson MacKeown when and where!?
« on: Wednesday 02 August 17 21:56 BST (UK) »
Im tracing William Wilson MacKeown in WWI but am really struggling for records. Can any of you help out!?
born: 15/9/86 in Ballymena, Antrim, N.Ireland
LG 6/10/14 promotion to 2nd Lt while in the 4th Btn, Royal Munster Fusiliers.
Jan 1917 he joined the 2nd Btn of the Royal Irish Rifles.
Later attached to  2nd Btn of the Royal Munster Fusiliers.
Seriously injured.

I'm afraid that's all I know!!

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Re: William Wilson MacKeown when and where!?
« Reply #1 on: Thursday 03 August 17 09:55 BST (UK) »
FindMyPast lists a medal card for a William W Mackeown R Irish Rifles but I find no detail of it.  As with the others, if commissioned his records are likely still to be with MOD.

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Re: William Wilson MacKeown when and where!?
« Reply #2 on: Thursday 03 August 17 10:50 BST (UK) »
Not sure if just struggling with army records or all records

Date of Birth is Sept 15 1885 LINK #276
Parents Wilson McKEOWN and Susan COONEY
They married on Oct 28th 1884 LINK #153

1901 census LINK
with parents, siblings and servant

1911 census LINK
parents and siblings - the missing sibling is a second child named also named Hessie Gray McKEOWN
#1 born May 21 1890 and died same year; #2 born Aug 25 1891

The family's address on the birth registrations is Pentagon House, Ballymena

There is a marriage of a William Wilson McKEOWN in Chester Cheshire England in 1910 Q2 V8a P70
Kearney & Bourke/ Johns & Fox/ Mannion & Finan/ Donohoe & Curley
Byrne [Carthy], Keeffe/ Germaine, Butler/ McDermott, Giblin/ Lally, Dolan
Toole, Doran; Dowling, Grogan/ Reilly, Burke; Warren, Kidd [Lawless]/ Smith, Scally; Mangan, Rodgers/ Fahy, Calday; Staunton, Miller
Further generations:
Brophy Coleman Eathorn(e) Fahy Fitzpatrick Geraghty Haverty Keane Keogh Nowlan Rowe Walder