Private James Fenwick (13007344) served in the Pioneer Corps during the Second World War. Born on 5th August 1892, he was the son of William Fenwick and Mary Fenwick (née Horner) of Caledon, Co. Tyrone, and the husband of Cassie Fenwick of Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone.
William Fenwick married Mary Horner on 17th January 1889 in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone but he died in 1896. The 1901 Irish Census lists James Fenwick and his older sister Mary Fenwick living with grandparents. James Horner was a farmer living with his wife Mary Jane Horner and family at No. 20, Rehaghy, Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone.
In March 1911, James Fenwick and Catherine Williamson work as a Farm Labourer and a Domestic Servant on the Watson farmstead at No. 3, Tullyvar, Aughnacloy, Co. Tyrone. Newspaper articles from 9th January 1931, report on the death of a 6 and a half year old boy named James Fenwick in the Rehaghy area. It is not known if this was a son of the older James Fenwick who would have been 38 years old at the time. The young boy dropped dead in a field while visiting his mother’s ducks. Coroner Dr. Elliott did not request an inquest as it was thought, the boy was “not very robust” and had suffered a seizure.
Private Fenwick died between 27th July 1942 and 4th August 1942 aged 49 years old while serving in the Pioneer Corps during the Second World War. The circumstances and location of his death remain unknown.
James Fenwick has no known grave. His name is on Panel 20, Column 3 of the Brookwood 1939-1945 Memorial, Surrey, England. His name is also on the Dungannon War Memorial, Dungannon, Co. Tyrone.