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Cpl. John McConnachie
British Army 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
from:54 Bogie St. Huntly, Aberdeenshire
(d.10th June 1917)
John McConnachie arrived in France on the 2nd of December 1915. He was captured at Arras after being shot in the leg and taken to Langensalza POW Camp in Germany where he died on 10th of June 1917.
Mjr. Merrick Hugh McConnel MID.
British Army 295th Brigade, B Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Amersham
(d.14th Sep 1917)
VAD. McConnell
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 32 Stationary Hospital
Capt. Charles Edward McConnell
Royal Garrison Artillery 82nd Heavy Artillery Group
from:Plympton
My grandfather, Captain C.E. McConnell RA, served as adjutant of the 82nd Heavy Artillery Group fighting the Turks at Gallipoli, was part of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force under General Allenby and among the first to enter Jerusalem in 1916, when it was captured by the British. As a young man he had served at the Relief of Ladysmith, during the Boer War, meeting the journalist Winston Churchill. He was stationed in Devon and then Malta. An all round sportsman, he became the world Indian Club champion. He had several wartime decorations. After the Great War he moved to Kent, where he became the adjutant of Dover Castle and then set up a small school.
Pte. Daniel McConnell
British Army 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Coatbridge, Lanarkshire
Daniel McConnell enlisted in the 12th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry at Hamilton on the 2nd of September 1914. He landed at Boulogne after training on 10th of July 1915. Unfortunately, on 28th of July 1915, only 18 days later Daniel lost a leg and his war was over. He was 21 years of age. Unfortunately, Daniel like so many of his brothers in arms, found it challenging to talk about the war and therefore no stories have been passed down through the generations to tell.
Lt. Hillis McConnell
Royal Flying Corps 34 Sqdn.
from:Canada
Hillis McConnell served with 34 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps.
Pte James McConnell
British Army 27th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.5th May 1915)
James McConnell served with the 27th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers. He was aged 27 when died on 5th May 1915. Born in Jarrow in 1887 he was the son of James and Elizabeth McConnell (nee Topping) and husband of Mary Ellen McConnell (nee Bucknall) of 57 Walter Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census James McConnell age 23 General Labourer in Shipyard is listed as living with his parents James and Elizabeth McConnell and family at 1 Hurworth Street, Jarrow.
James died in South Shields and is buried in Jarrow Cemetery.
Pte. James McConnell
Australian Army 21st Battalion
from:Footscray, Victoria, Australia
(d.14th April 1918)
James McConnell was admitted to Fargo Hospital on 21st of February 1917 with Bronchitis. He was discharged back to duty 1st March 1917 and was killed in action on the 14th of April 1918 at Dernancourt, France.
Pte. John Allan McConnell
British Army
2Lt. Quentin Edward McConnell
Royal Flying Corps C Flight 76 Squadron
from:India
Quentin McConnell served with C Flight, 76 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. He died in June 1968.
Lt. Alexander McConnell-Wood
Royal Flying Corps 73 Squadron
from:Newcastle on Tyne
My uncle Alexander McConnell-Wood left Durham University to join the army in 1917. He eventually became a pilot and trained on the Sopwith Camel. Sent to 73 Squadron on the Western front, he managed to write off 2 Camels and was sent for further training. On rejoining the Squadron, he was credited with half a kill on a German fighter before he was shot down. He elected to leave his stricken Camel and jumped, without parachute and was caught up in trees. He spent the remaining 2 months of the war in a Belgian hospital as a Prisoner of War, which probably saved his life.
Sgt. H. McConville
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
H McConville was discharged sick in 1917
Sister. Kezia Esther "Cassie" McConville CMBE.
British Red Cross
from:99 Hardshaw Street, St. Helens, Lancashire,
(d.6th December 1918)
My mother's sister, Kezia McConville (nee Allen) was born in Runcorn, Cheshire in 1885. In the 1911 Census, she was an asylum nurse at Winwick Mental Asylum at Winwick, Lancashire along with her future husband, Mark Roy McConville.
In July 1915, she enrolled with the Red Cross Voluntary Aid Detachment with Liverpool Merchants' Hospital in Liverpool, and was posted as a trained nurse to Bulstrode Park Hospital, Bulstrode, Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire until the hospital was closed 1st of December 1915.
I surmise that Cassie moved from the Winwick Asylum some time between 1911 and 1915 to begin training as a midwife at the Brownlow Hill Lying-in (Maternity) Hospital in Liverpool where she would have encountered the Matron Margaret Whitson, MC, BRCS (First Class) who in March 1915 was invited by the Liverpool Merchants to become Matron of the Liverpool Merchants' Hospital and later No.6 Hospital British Red Cross), Etaples, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France. Cassie was posted as a Sister or Trained Nurse VAD to Etaples on 2nd of March 1916 where she tended the wounded from the Front until 10th of March 1917.
Following her marriage to Roy McConville on Christmas Day in 1916 in Liverpool, and the birth of a son, James Roye, she was posted to the Hospital for Officers, 24 Park Street, Mayfair, London, which received officer casualties directly from the Front. She was finally discharged as a BRC VAD in December 1917 and in August 1918 received her Central Midwives Board Examination. Sadly, four months after her receiving her qualification she became a victim of the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918 and died on 6th of December 1918 at the Westcliff Nursing Home, Pembury Road, Westcliff on Sea, Essex with her mother Harriet Allen (nee Jones) by her side.
At present, I have no idea why she came to die in Westcliff on Sea. I have recently discovered, however, that the Westcliff Nursing Home was also known as the Overcliff British Red Cross (VAD) Hospital in Westcliff on Sea, which was located at 14-18 Pembury Road, Westcliff (as listed in Kellyā€™s Directory, Southend, 1914) under Matron, Mrs. L H Robinson. So, Cassie could very well have worked there tending to the wounded before becoming a patient herself. Cassie is buried in St. Helens Cemetery, Rainford Road, St. Helens with her husband. In 1919, she was posthumously awarded the British and Victory medals.
In the Second World War, the Westcliff Nursing Home (Overcliff Hospital) became part of HMS Westcliff, and was used by the British Navy as a sickbay (as per Jefferies and Lee, The Hospitals of Southend, 1986). In September 2018, the houses comprising the hospital were still standing occupied by Melal Hotel Apartments.
Pte. John McConway
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Hebburn
(d.20th May 1918)
John McConway served with the St. John Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps. He was aged 25 when he died on 20th May 1918. Born in Hebburn in 1893 he was the son of John and Sophia Smith McConway (nee Reid) of Monkton Village Jarrow. On the 1911 census John McConway age 18 Analytical Chemist at Copper Extraction Works is living with his parents John and Sophia Smith McConway and family at 48 Jervis Street, Hebburn.
John is buried in Etaples Military Cemetery and is commemorated on the Monkton Memorial in Monkton Village, Jarrow.
Matron. M. F. McCord
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 46 Stationary Hospital
Pte. William McCord
British Army 9th (County Tyrone) Btn . Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Desertlyn, Londonderry, Ireland
(d.29th of March 1918)
William McCord was the eldest son of William John McCord and Lucinda Wasson. He enlisted in Cookstown in November, 1916 and had completed training in time to take part in the Cambrai battle. He served with the 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers in WW1. He was killed in action during the German Spring Offensive just outside Aisne, France on 29th of March 1918. His name is listed on the Moneymore War Memorial.
Mjr. Campbell McNeill McCormack MID, MC & 2Bars.
British Army 15th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
(d.22nd Sep 1918)
Born in Lisburn, Belfast, Campbell McCormack was the youngest son of farmer William McCormack of Hillhall House. He got a scholarship to high school, Wallace High School and to Queens University, Belfast to study medicine and qualified as a doctor in June 1914.
He was a member of the OTC at Queens and joined the RAMC for training at the end of June 1914. From Dublin he embarked for France in August 1914 and was involved in action mainly in France until his death on 22nd September 1918. He was awarded the MC three times for various acts of gallantry and conduct.
- Capt. Campbell McNeil McCormack, M.B., R.A.M.C., Spec. Res. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during operations. He directed the stretcher-bearers under heavy shell fire with the greatest coolness and courage. He succeeded in entering a village which had been heavily shelled, and, with another captain, a serjeant and four men, collected the wounded into a dug-out and succeeded in getting them back later. He has frequently shown great courage." London Gazette 22nd of September 1916
- Capt. (A./Maj.) Campbell McNeil McCormack, M.C., M.B., R.A.M.C. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During an important engagement he organised the evacuation of the wounded with great skill and devotion to duty, proceeding frequently himself in charge of bearers, through heavy shelling, to the rear aid posts. It was largely due to his able organisation and fine example of self-sacrificing gallantry that the numerous casualties were evacuated so expeditiously. (M.C. gazetted 22nd September, 1916.)" London Gazette, 15th of October 1918.
- Capt. (A./Maj.) Campbell McNeil McCormack, M.C., 15th Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. "For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. During various attacks this officer supervised the collecting of wounded over a large part of the divisional front. He closely followed the advancing troops with his stretcher-bearers, evacuating the wounded skilfully and speedily. On one occasion during a retirement he personally, under heavy fire, reconnoitred the ground where the wounded lay, and by his dispositions of the stretcher-bearers undoubtedly saved their lives and the lives of many of the wounded. (M.C. gazetted 22nd September, 1916.) (Bar gazetted 15th October, 1918.)" London Gazette 11th January 1919.
He was killed at the age of 27 with his friend Lt Col Frederick Bradley DSO by a shell as they rested. They were killed near Bus and buried beside each other in Barastre. They are not forgotten.
Pte. Edward McCormack
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. Edward McCormack
British Army 2nd Battalion Cameronians Scottish Rifles
from:Glasgow, Scotland
(d.27th Nov 1916)
I know Edward McCormack served with 2nd Btn Cameronians Scottish Rifles.
Cpl. J. McCormack
British Army 361st Res. Emp. Coy. Labour Corps
from:Summerhill, Dublin
(d.25th December 1918)
Corporal McCormack was the son of Mrs M. McCormack of 10, Richmond Cottage, Summerhill, Dublin.
He was 46 when he died and is buried in the Killeek Old Graveyard, Killeek, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
Sjt. John Robert McCormack
British Army 330th Brigade, D Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Jarrow
(d.21st Oct 1917)
John Robert McCormack served as a Serjeant with 330th Brigade D Battery, Royal Field Artillery. He was aged 23 when he died on 21st October 1917. Born in Jarrow in 1894 he was the son of Michael and Elizabeth McCormack of 34 High Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census John Robert McCormack age 18 Driver in Coal Mine in Shipyard is listed as living with his mother Elizabeth McCormack and family at 110 High Street, Jarrow. His older brother Michael Austin McCormack was also one of the fallen.
John is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Cpl. Michael Austin McCormack
British Army 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.4th Oct 1916)
Michael Austin McCormack served with the 8th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers. He was sged 34 when he died of wounds on 4th October 1916. Born in Jarrow in 1882 he was the son of Michael and Elizabeth McCormack of 34 High Street Jarrow. On the 1911 census he is listed as Michael Austin McCormack Town Postman at General Post Office living with his mother Elizabeth McCormack and family at 110 High Street, Jarrow. His younger brother John Robert McCormack was one of the fallen.
Michael is buried in Boulogne Eastern Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Pte. Michael McCormack
British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Holycross, Thurles
(d.20th January 1916)
Private McCormack was the son of William McCormack of Holycross, Thurles.
He is buried in Grave 111 in the Holycross Public Cemetery, Holycross, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
2nd Lt. Edward McCormick
British Army F Coy. 4th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
(d.1st Nov 1918)
Edward McCormick was on reconnaissance near Ypres and was shot by a sniper.
Pte. Edward John McCormick
British Army 10th Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
(d.30th Aug 1916)
Pte John McCormick
British Army 14th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
from:St Helens
(d.7th July 1918)
John Thomas was the eldest of six siblings. He was my Great Uncle.
2nd Lt. Mark Huston McCormick
British Army Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Castleconnell, Limerick
(d.23rd April 1917)
Mark McCormick served with the Royal Munster Fusiliers in WW1. He died 23rd of April 1917 and is remembered on the Arras Memorial in France. At the time of his death, Mark was attached to the 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Sgt. Thomas McCormick
British Army 11th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:St Helens
(d.3rd July 1916)
Thomas McCormick served with the 11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment.
Pte. William John McCormick
2nd Btn. Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Belfast
William John McCormick, my grandfather, was taken prisoner of war in March of 1918.
Red Cross records show: 26456 William McCormick, 2nd Inniskilling Fusiliers, captured 21/3/1918 at St Quentin. Father William J. William told us that prior to being captured he suffered the affects of mustard gas and had been left temporarily blinded. William died in Birmingham, England in 1953.
L/Cpl. Samuel Osborne McCosh
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Liburn, Belfast
(d.19th Jun 1918)
Samuel McCosh is my wifeĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s Great Uncle but unfortunately all I know about him is that he served with the 12th Royal Irish Rifles, was born in Lisburn, Belfast and was killed in France.
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