John Connolly
Durham City man served with Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Irish) and the Labour Corps
The photograph attached to this page shows Lieutenant Wilkinson’s Platoon D Company of the 24th (Service) Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. There are three County Durham men on this picture.
Private John Connolly from Milburngate in Durham is marked with at O.
Sergeant Cuthbert Miller (24/86) from Blaydon is marked with X.
Private Joseph Burke (24/750) of Framwellgate, Durham is kneeling to the right
Civil Parish: Durham
Birth date: 1870-Nov
Death date: 1949-Dec-10
Armed force/civilian: Army
Residence: 120 Milburngate, Durham, 1918 – 1924
64 Crossgate, Durham, 1949
Religion: Roman Catholic
Organisation membership: D Company 24th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Irish)
Employment: Coal Miner
Family: Wife: Margaret Jane
Offspring: Margaret Ann, Mary, Bernard, Catherine, John, George & Theresa.
Military service:
Service Number: 24/1151
Private
D Company 24th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (1st Tyneside Irish) 1914 - 1917,
101st Labour Company, Labour Corps 1917 - 1919.
Medal(s): War Medal & Victory Medal
Gender: Male
Contributed by John Sheen
