Battle of McKinnon House (1981)

This is a category page for participants of the Battle of McKinnon House at Windsor, which took place on 18 July, 1981.

The McKinnons and the Boneses were out on the garden at the time of the attack, celebrating Marlene Bones's (née McKinnon) son, Leopold's, first birthday. Death Eaters broke through the wards at 9:20 A.M., and the battle that resulted included members of the Order of the Phoenix and Ministry Aurors, as they worked to save the family. However, they were unsuccessful: Ivor, Reuben, Francis, and Laurel McKinnon were slaughtered, as well as Cadmus Bones, Edgar Bones, Marlene Bones (née McKinnon), Leopold Bones, and Edwin Bones. Voldemort murdered Edwin Bones personally, and caused an explosion which killed Laurel McKinnon and her nephew, Leopold.

The Aurors and Order's response was late, and the first word that they received came from Laurel, via a fox Patronus which she presumably learned from either her brother, Francis, or her sister, Marlene, both of whom were Order members. Voldemort sent ten Death Eaters to Diagon Alley to divert the Order while his more senior officers were sent to murder the McKinnons.

Amelia Bones, Elizabeth Bones (née Edgecombe), and one year old Susan Bones, hidden in a cupboard, became the only survivors of the family.

The Battle also resulted in the deaths of three Death Eaters and two Auror Cadets.