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Pte. Luke Kearney
British Army 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.9th Nov 1914)
Luke Kearney served with the 1st Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, he was aged 33 when he died on 9th November 1914.
He was born, lived and enlisted in Jarrow. Son of Ann Kearney and the late Thomas Kearney and husband of Elizabeth J. McErlaine (formerly Kearney nee Keenan) of 6 Cambrian Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census he is recorded as Luke Kearney age 27 Labourer in Chemical Works is with his wife Elizabeth Kearney and children and widowed mother Ann Kearney at 16 Hope Street, Jarrow.
Luke is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.