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20/04/2018 No evidence can be found that Hugh McKeown was born in Cookstown
26/03/2018 Private Hugh McKeown has no known grave and is commemorated on panel 4D-5B on the Thiepval Memorial in France.
26/03/2018 Private McKeown was part of a night patrol lead by Lieutenant Cecil W Glenn when the 1st Battalion attacked enemy positions on 28th January 1917, south Le Transloy. Even though the mission was a success, the battalion lost eighteen men.
26/03/2018 Private Hugh McKeown was serving with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France on 28th January 1917.
26/03/2018 Hugh enlisted in Cookstown.
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