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Pte. James McAlister
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Banbridge
(d.24th Jan 1918)
Pte. James McAlister
British Army
from:Cavan, Richhill, County Armagh
Gnr. Daniel McAllister
Royal Field Artillery A Battery 277th Brigade
from:Kilmarnock, Scotland
(d.21 Aug 1917)
My uncle, Gunner Dan McAllister, died during the last Battle of Ypres. I have been told he died of gas poisoning, but I do now know for certain. He is buried in Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No. 3 in Belgium
Gnr. Daniel McAllister
British Army 277th Bde. A Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Kilmarnock, Scotland
(d.21st Aug 1917)
My uncle, Daniel McAllister, served with the Royal Field Artillery from 1916 through to his death in 1917. He died of exposure to a German Gas attack on his position just south of Ypres. He probably died within a few days, but not instantly. He is buried an Brandhoek New Militry Cemetery No 2.
Pte. David Dunn McAllister
Canadian Army 24th Battalion Quebec Regiment
from:Saskatoon, Canada
(d.5th Sep 1918)
David Dunn McAllister served with the 24th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment). Born at Cowpen Quay, Blyth in 1876. He was the son of Thomas and Sarah Smith McAllister (nee Dunn) of Jarrow, and husband of Margaret Ann McAllister (nee Farrell born Jarrow) of 625 Seventh Street, Saskatoon, Canada. On the 1911 census David Dunn McAllister age 34 a Professional Skater at Skating Rink is living with his wife Margaret Ann McAllister and children at 27 Abbott Terrace, Armley Road, Leeds .
David died on 5th September 1918 aged 39 and is buried in Crouy British Cemetery Crouy-Sur-Somme.
Pte. Frank McAllister
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Tantobie
(d.1st July 1916)
Frank Mcallister is buried in Bapaume Cemetery
Pte. James McAllister
British Army 11th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.20th Dec 1916)
James McAllister served with the 11th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, he was aged 28 when died on 20th December 1916. Born in Jarrow in 1888, he was the son of Mary McAllister (nee Whelan) and the late William McAllister of Clyde Street Jarrow and husband of Agnes McAllister (nee Christenson) of 41 Russell Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census James McAllister age 22 Clothier Wholesale is listed as living with his parents William and Mary McAllister and family at 45 Clyde Street, Jarrow . He enlisted in Jarrow.
James is buried in Grove Town Cemetery, Meaulte. He was commemorated on the Triptych (left panel) in St. Mark's Church Jarrow (it is no longer a Church)
Spr. Leo Patrick McAllister
British Army 506th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Newcastle upon Tyne
(d.30th Dec 1918)
Leo McAllister was my great-uncle (my grandmother's brother). He was born in Gateshead, County Durham on 21st August 1889. At his birth and baptism he was registered as Patrick Leo McAllister, and is shown as Patrick L. McAllister, living with his mother and father, in the 1891, 1901, and 1911 Censuses. However, when he married his wife Matilda Ann Wood on 21st April 1912, his name is given as Leo P. McAllister. All of the documents about his military service show him as Leo Patrick McAllister. He died in Greece right after the end of WW1.
Pte. Patrick McAllister
British Army 6th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:15 Benvarden Avenue, Waterside, Derry
(d.28th Jan 1916)
Patrick McAllister is interred in Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France and commemorated on the Diamond War Memorial. He was the husband of Mrs Alice McAllister of 58 Bridge Street, Derry. He had joined the Irish Brigade at the end of 1914, and went out to the Western Front a couple of months before he met his death. He was the youngest son of Mr Con McAllister of 15 Benvarden Avenue, Derry.
Pte. Patrick McAllister
British Army 6th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:58 Bridge Street, Derry
(d.28th Jan 1916)
Patrick McAllister is interred in Vermelles British Cemetery in France. His name is also commemorated on the Diamond War Memorial in Derry. He was the husband of Mrs. Alice McAllister and the youngest son of Mr. Con McAllister of 15 Benvarden Avenue, Derry.
Pte. Robert McAllister
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Tantobie
(d.25th Oct 1918)
Robert McAllister is buried in Awoingt British Cemetery
Sjt. Thomas McAllister
British Army 4th Btn. King's Own Scottish Borderer
from:Dumfries
(d.19th Apr 1917)
Sgt Thomas McAllister was my grandfather. My mother died in 1987 not knowing who her father was, on her certificate she is shown as illegitimate. After her death I became a genealogist and uncovered such wonderful relatives. I would love to hear from anyone interested in my story. God bless you all.
Lcpl. W. W. McAllister
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
W McAllister suffered Gunshot Wounds to his thigh.
Pte. Peter McAloon
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
(d.10th Mar 1915)
Peter McAloon, Private 11829, is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
T/Capt Kenneth Furgus McAlpin MiD.
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Deal, Kent
When Grandfather, Kenneth, left Marlborough College, he joined Guy's Hospital to start his training as a dental surgeon. However, he also joined the University of London Officer Training Corps, where he remained until 12th September 1915. He he was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant into the Light Royal Fusiliers (now known as the Regiment of Fusiliers), 2nd Battalion, arriving on the 12 November 1915 in the Dardanelles, Gallipoli.
By the 16th November he had his first battle field promotion to T/Lieutenant. It was during this time that he was transferred to the Machine Gun section of the Battalion, which would in time form part of the Machine Gun Corp. where he would see action later on in the Great War as part of the 52 Battalion Machine Gun Corp
He was finally evacuated from Gallipoli as part of the general withdrawal back to Palestine in December 1915, where the battalion stayed until embarking to Marseille, France in April 1916. As part of the pre planning and build up for what we now know as the Battle of the Somme, the battalion made its second debut in major operations in another attempt to achieve the impossible. On this occasion it took part as part of the 29th Division in the holding attack north of Ancre. It was here that Grandpa received his second battlefield promotion to T/Captain.
He was wounded during the Battle of the Somme on 16th of August 1916 at Delville Wood. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find out the nature of the wound, but it was, I expect nothing too serious as he was back at the front fairly quickly. He remained in the front line in France until December 1916, when the battalion where again withdrawn back to Palestine, where the battalion stayed for the whole of 1917.
In January 1918, the Battalion found itself back on the western front, where the Battalion was heavily engaged with the Big Push by the German Imperial Army and the resulting The Spring Offensive, then later in the Battle of Amiens in August 1918, which has seen the nation remembering this decisive battle, which is widely recognised as the turning point in the Great War, where the lessons of the Somme had been learnt. This battle saw for the first time Infantry, Artillery and Tank regiments together with the air support all coordinating in one single action, with devastating results, that the German Imperial Army where never to recover from.
Grandpa stayed in France after the amnesties on the 11th of November 1918 until Spring 1919. It was during this period that Grandpa was Mentioned in Dispatches on 2 separate occasions. The first occasion was in the dispatch from General Sir Edward Allenby on the 5thof April 1918 and the second occasion was in the dispatch from General Haig on the 8th of November 1918. Unfortunately, I have not been able to see what he did to warrant these mentions. I have no recollection of this been discussed within the family. Unfortunately, we will probably never know, as the majority of the records in the War Office where destroyed by a direct hit during the 2nd World War.
This period also saw the last of his battle field promotions, to A/Major in the Machine Gun Corps on the 25th April 1918. He was finally discharged from the regular Army in Aug 1919, where he resumed his studies at Guy's Hospital to finally qualify as a dental surgeon.
Sgt. Archibald McAlpine
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:623 Hawthorn Street, Springburn, Glasgow
(d.28th Oct 1918)
Archibald McAlpine is buried in Thessaloniki, Greece, he died in hospital of pneumonia on 28th of October 1918. He was survived by his widow Elizabeth and son James. Archibald was a teacher who sadly he never met his son.
Pte. Donald McAlpine
British Army 15th Btn. Royal Scots
from:Glasgow
(d.11th Oct 1917)
Donald McAlpine served with the 15th Royal Scots.
Spr. Gilbert Clarke McAlpine
British Army 106th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Jarrow
(d.5th Aug 1917)
Gilbert Clarke McAlpine served with 106th Field Coy. Royal Engineers. He was aged 39 when he died on 5th August 1917. Born Dumbarton, he was the son of Gilbert and Isabella McAlpine and husband of Emily Annie McAlpine (nee Dunn) of 52 Cobden Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census Gilbert Clarke McAlpine age 32 Architect Surveyor is listed as with his parents Gilbert and Isabella McAlpine and family at 15 New Knowles Road, Fulwell, Sunderland. He enlisted in Jarrow.
Gilbert is buried in Belgian Battery Corner Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Gnr. Mark McAnanney
British Army 12th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Derry, Ireland
(d.31st July 1915 )
Mart McAnanney is interred in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ieper, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. He is alos commemorated on the Diamond War Memorial. Son of Mrs McAnanney, 185 Bishop Street, Derry. Husband of Mrs Teresa McAnanney of 7 Long Tower Street later of 31 Sloane's Terrace, Derry.
Gunner McAnanney, who had been serving at the Front with the British Expeditionary Force for almost twelve months, took part in several engagements. At time of death two of deceased's brothers, William McAnanney and Bernard McAnanney, were serving with the colours, the former with the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and the latter with the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Mrs McAnanney received from the Front particulars of how her husband fell in the following communication, dated 2nd of August 1915.
No. 14212 Gunner Mark McAnanney, No. 12 (Siege) Battery Y, R.G.A.,
Madam, It is with the deepest regret I write to inform you of the above-named having been killed in action on the morning of 31st of July 1915. He was killed at his telephone, and his death was instantaneous. I personally very much regret his decease, as he was always such a cheerful, willing worker, and a great favourite with both officers and men. He was always full of pluck and ready for any work. He was killed in the middle of a battle, and so died a true soldier's death, another good man to have his name placed for ever on our great roll of honour of heroes who have given life itself for the great cause of honour, home, and freedom. He was buried beside other comrades in the ______________ Soldiers' Cemetery, near _______________ (in Flanders) by the Roman Catholic chaplain, and a wooden soldier's cross, with the date and his name, erected over the grave. To you I wish to extend, on behalf of myself, my officers, non-commissioned officers and men, our sincerest sympathy in your great bereavement, and I only trust that this sympathy and the knowledge that he was liked in the battery by officers and men, and that he did his duty and died like a true soldier in the midst of a battle may in future years be a source of comfort to you.
Yours sincerely, F.P. Hutchinson.
Rflmn. Hector McAndrew
British Army 11th Btn., C Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.3rd March 1916)
Hector McAndrew is buried in Mesnil-Martinsart Cemetery. He was the 18 year-old son of John and Sarah McAndrew of Glasgow.
Pte. Owen McAndrew
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Sligo
(d.1st July 1916)
Owen McAndrew is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Rfm. James Mcannally
British Army 15th (N. Belfast) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
James was my grandfather, I have a war photo, a leave pass from a hospital in England for Nov 1918 and also his wallet, which he carried through the war with some items still in it. I think it is great what you are doing with this website,keeping the memory alive of so many brave men.
Pte. Cecil Anthony McAnulty
Australian Imperial Force 3rd Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
(d.8th-10th Aug 1915)
Cecil Anthony McAnulty was born at Ballarat, Victoria, in 1888. He originally enlisted with the 3rd Infantry Battalion of the Australian Imperial Force on 4th November 1914. However, he was discharged prior to embarkation for an unknown reason. Undeterred, the 26-year-old clerk enlisted again the following year on 11th February 1915, this time with the 2nd Infantry Battalion, and lft Sydney aboard HMAT Argyllshire on 10th April 1915.
In May McAnulty and several others of the battalion were sent to reinforce the 3rd Battalion on Gallipoli. He had kept a diary since the day he left Australia and recorded his experiences on Gallipoli in great detail. One of the last entries concerns the fighting at Lone Pine in early August. McAnulty described his amazement at reaching the opposing Turkish trenches, charging in a trance through the flurry of machine-gun and rifle fire. Sadly, his last entry ends mid-sentence while he is describing the battle.
Cecil McAnulty was killed in action at Lone Pine, sometime between 8th and 10th August 1915. He was originally buried at Brown's Dip North Cemetery but was later reinterred at the Lone Pine Cemetery on Gallipoli.
Pte. Peter Leslie McAnulty
Australian Imperial Forces C Coy 23rd Battalion
from:Bendigo, Victoria
My grandfather, Les McAnulty, spent time at the Melksham Red Cross Hospital in England. The photo is a staged photo with a painted backdrop and artificial grass on the ground. It is a common style of photo taken of wounded soldiers at a number of hospitals in England during WW1. These were then sent home to their families in Australia. Even the clothing was of a uniform style and was known as convalescent clothes. Les is seated, the other man is unknown. It would be good if someone was able to identify this man.
Les earned the 1914/15 Star, BWM, VM, ANZAC Commemorative Medal.
"Barney" McArdle MSM.
Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Charles Edward McArdle
British Army 249th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
(d.9th Nov 1919)
According to a letter from Charles McArdle to my grandmother in April of 1918 and while he was in hospital, he informed my grandmother that he was with my grandfather, Arthur Elgar Taylor, in Belgium, when they were shelled and my grandfather was hit. He told my grandmother that my grandfather's last words were, "I think I'm done." My son now has that letter and it is considered to be a real treasure and we were very happy that she held onto it and it was passed down in the family.
Pte. P. McArdle
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Consett
P McArdle was wounded in October 1916
2nd Lt. Peter Paul McArdle
British Army 1/2 Btn. Att 1/4th Btn. York & Lancs Rgt. Cheshire Regiment
from:St Michael's Road, Aignurth, Liverpool
(d.26th April 1918)
Peter McArdle is commemorated with two of his brothers on the war memorial at Bishop Eton Catholic Church in Liverpool. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial in Belgium.
L/Cpl. Thomas McArdle
British Army 1st Battalion, A Company Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Castletown Rd. Dundalk, Co. Louth, Ireland
(d.12th Oct 1916)
Capt. W. R. McArdle
Army Medical Corps Indian Medical Department
(d.28th August 1921)
Captain McArdle is buried in the Sanjauli Cemetery in India.
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