Edward Finnion (Finnan)

Rank:	Private
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Townland:	Churchland
Town/Village:	Longford
Civil Parish:	Ballymacormack
Catholic Parish:	Templemichael
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Alternative Address:
Census 1901:	Resident at Churchland, Cartrongeeragh - name listed as Fannin. www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1901/Longford/Longford_Rural/Cartronageeragh/1555215/
Census 1911:	Resident at Churchland, Cartrongeeragh - name listed as Finnen. www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Longford/Longford_Rural/Cartronageeragh/651059/
Regiment/Unit:	Leinster Regiment, 3rd Battalion
Regiment Number:	35040
Date of Death:	10-10-1918
Cause:	Died at sea, (drowning), torpedoing of the R.M.S. Leinster
Memorial:	Hollybrook Memorial, Southampton, U.K
Information:	Edward was born Edward Joseph Fennon in Churchland Longford on the 12 December 1897, and was the eldest of at least seven children. He was named after his paternal grandfather, with whom the family were living in 1901. Edward enlisted for war service in Mullingar, but died when R.M.S. Leinster** was torpedoed in the Irish Sea; he appears to have enlisted only a short time before, as the Register of Soldier's Effects notes that he was a recruit; in addition, his name is recorded as Finnon. Edward's body was sadly never recovere/identified, and he is commemorated on the Hollybrook Memorial in Southampton.
Parents Names:	Son of James Fennon and Mary (née Farrell) of Churchland, Longford.
Notes:	Five of Edward's siblings are listed on the 1911 Census. Another sister, Patricia, was born in 1912. Two of Edward's cousins, Edward and Kate Carberry who were born in Scotland, were also living with them in 1901. **R.M.S. stood for Royal Mail Service; it was a mail ship.
Links:	Link to CWGC entry; link to Find A Grave entry; link to Civil Record of Birth (if the link is broken, type .pdf to the end of the web address); The R.M.S. Leinster; Irish Medals entry;