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Private John James Durneen

 

Durneen

 

Private John James Durneen, V Corps Cyclist (North Irish Horse) Regiment, 'A' Squadron, Service No. 71655 (Corps of Hussars). Born Clogher. Enlisted Antrim. Residence Clogher. Son of James and M. E. Durneen of Clogher, County Tyrone. Killed in action on 26 March 1918 near Rubempre during the German Kaiserschlacht offensive, aged 21. Buried at Toutencourt Communal Cemetery, Somme, France, grave I.B.2. The gravestone inscription reads:

71655 PRIVATE

JOHN JAMES DURNEEN

NORTH IRISH HORSE

26TH MARCH 1918

 

Image kindly provided by Steve Rogers, Project Co-ordinator of the The War Graves Photographic Project, www.twgpp.org.