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Pte. John James McKeown
British Army 14th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Hebburn
(d.27th Oct 1918)
John James McKeown enlisted at Newcastle and served in the 14th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He died from wounds age 25 on the 27th October 1918 and is buried in Berlin South-Western Cemetery. His medal card shows the award of the War and Victory Medals. A memorial in Berlin may indicate a death as a POW.
John was born in East Jarrow 1893, son of Patrick and Mary Jane McKeown nee Grinley of Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 14 Cuthbert Street, Hebburn with Patrick(54) a furnace man in a chemical works and his wife of 36 years Mary Jane(51) who had 11 children, 9 of whom survived. 5 are single and living at home, Minnie(30),at home, Lizzie(21)hand-drill machinist in electrical works, Joseph(19) an apprentice bricklayer, John James(18) a boiler maker in alkali works and Thomas(15) is a shop boy. Mary(20), a niece is living here as well and works as a domestic servant.
