John CRONIN

1888 - 1916  (28 years)

• Name	John CRONIN  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	5 May 1888	Cappanagroun, Derriana, Kerry, Ireland   [2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  1901 Census	31 Mar 1901	Derriana, Kerry, Ireland   [4]
  MilitaryEnlistment	28 Apr 1908	Longford, Ireland   [2]
  RE1914	1 Jan 1914	Heaton   [1]
  	17403, Spr, 9th Division, York
  _MILT	19 Sep 1914	Cameroon, Africa   [3, 5]
  	Sergeant, Royal Engineers, att. Nigeria Regiment (17403)
  Commonwealth War Grave	4 Sep 1916	Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial, Brookwood
  	17403, Sergeant John Cronin, Royal Engineers, attatched to Nigeria Regiment
  OS People	War Memorial WW1
  Reference Number	8043
  Death	4 Sep 1916	Dublin, Ireland   [6]
  	Peamount Sanatorium
  Person ID	I8043	Ordnance Survey People
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2026

  
  

  Father	Michael CRONIN,   b. Abt 1850, Kerry, Ireland d. 4 Nov 1939, Kerry, Ireland (Age 89 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Norry SHEA,   b. Abt 1855, Kerry, Ireland d. 19 Aug 1914, Kerry, Ireland (Age 59 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1875
  Family ID	F299	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  John Cronin Lance Corporal, Royal Engineers Died: 4 September 1916 John Cronin was born on 5 May 1888 at Cappanagroun, Derriana, Kerry the son of Michael Cronin, a farm labourer and Nora Shea. The 1911 shows John had seven siblings including Denis M, Cornelius, Michael, and Patrick. John’s brother Denis was also in the Royal Engineer working on the Ordnance Survey. John enlisted into the Royal Engineers on 28 Apr 1908 in Longford, Ireland. On 1 Jan 1914 he was a Sapper, Royal Engineers working on the Ordnance Survey based at Heaton, Yorkshire. In March 1914 John was posted to West Africa. John entered the war in West Africa on 19 September 1914 as a Royal Engineer attached to the Nigerian Regiment; he held the temporary rank of Sergeant. Whilst serving with the Nigerian Regiment John became ill with Tuberculosis and returned to England. He was discharged from the Royal Engineers on 27 April 1915 judged physically unfit for war service. His service record documents his intention to return to his family home at Derriana, Co. Kerry after his discharge. Lance Corporal John Cronin, Royal Engineers died at Peamount Sanatorium, Newcastle, County Dublin on 4 September 1916. He is remembered on the Ordnance Survey War Memorials. His Commonwealth War Grave Memorial is the Brookwood 1914-1918 Memorial. He has no known grave.

  
  

• Sources

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