Private 13151 William Cooney
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Royal Dublin Fusiliers - 6th Bn.
Theatre of War: Gallipoli
Theatre of War First Served: (2b) Balkans
Date Entered Therein: 07/08/1915
Age at death: 32
Date of death: 9th of August 1915
Born: Cork
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Helles Memorial - Panel 190 to 196.
Family details:
Mother Johanna is sole legatee.
Census details:
1901 - Shows 17 years old 'Glass Works Labourer' William living at Mount Street, St Helens with his parents Denis (45), Johanna (40) and seven siblings: John (19), Denis (16), Edward (14), [cas=404]Michael Cooney[/cas] (10), Mary (8), Margaret (7), Hannah (5). 1911 - Sees 28 years old 'Glass Works Labourer' William living at 36 Sandfield Crescent, St Helens with his parents Denis (56), Johanna (54) and five siblings: John (30), Denis (24), Edward (22), [cas=404]Michael Cooney[/cas] (19), Margaret (16). Also at the address is 19 year old boarder John Killgallon.
Notes:
[note=35]Two Cooney Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
[note=35]Two Cooney Brothers who died in The Great War[/note] Age taken from census.
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/13151WilliamCooney.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/Caslin-Cooney.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Helles Memorial bearing the inscription for Private William Cooney
(Photograph courtesy of Phil Wood off GWF )[/caption]
