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John Mooney (1893-1917)


From Leeds, served with 1st/6th Battalion DLI, killed in action at Arras


John Mooney, son of John & Harriett Mooney, was born in Bruntcliffe, a suburb of Leeds, in 1893. He had two sisters and lived in the same road all his life.

When the First World War began in 1914, John joined the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry at Dewsbury but later transferred to the 1st/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. John was killed on 14 April 1917 during the Battle of Arras and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial and in the Durham Cathedral Book of Remembrance & Morley War memorial.

Birth date: 1893

Death date: 14-Apr-1917

Armed force/civilian: Army

Residence: Chapel Street, Bruntcliffe, Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire (1901 census)
13 Chapel Street, Bruntcliffe, Morley, Leeds, Yorkshire (1911 census)

Employment: Cloth Finisher (1911 census)

Family: Father: John Mooney
Mother: Harriett A Mooney (nee Hartley)
Siblings: Mary Ann & Eleanor Mooney

Military service:

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
Regimental no.: 29720
Private.
Later 1st/6th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
Regimental nos.: 6/5731 & 250701 P
Private

Medal(s): British War Medal
Victory Medal

Memorial(s): Arras Memorial, Bay 8
Durham Cathedral Book of Remembrance
Memorial of the Great War 1914-1919, Scatchered Park, Morley, Leeds

Gender: Male

Contributed by John Edwards