| 16/12/2021 |
Private William Stratton arrived in France with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 5th October 1915. |
| 17/07/2018 |
A photo of Private W J Stratton’s 1914-15 medal, which still survives today. |
| 30/12/2015 |
It should be noted that there is another William James Stratton in the Dungannon listing. The other W J Stratton (Service No 16132) also died on 1st July 1916. He is listed as hailing from Killyman, County Armagh. He served with the Royal Irish Fusiliers and is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial. |
| 30/12/2015 |
Private William Stratton is buried in Connaught Cemetery in Thiepval. |
| 30/12/2015 |
Private William James Stratton was serving with the 11th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme on 1st July 1916. |
| 30/12/2015 |
William J Stratton enlisted in Belfast. |
| 30/12/2015 |
William James Stratton was born in Killyman, Co Tyrone. |
