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Pte. Robert Cecil McDill
British Army 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:51 Grove Street, St Cuthberts, Edinburgh
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Robert McDill served with the 8th Seaforth Highlanders.
Pte. Hugh McDonagh
British Army 9th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
(d.22nd Nov 1915)
Pte. Alexander McDonald
Australian Imperial Forces A Coy. 33rd Btn.
from:Cowper Street, Tenterfield, New South Wales
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Alexander McDonald was born in Coonabarabran NSW, he enlisted aged 26 and had been working as a labourer. He was married and lived in Cowper Street, Tenterfield. He was killed during the Battle of Messines and is listed amongst the missing, having been buried near St Yves on the 18th of June, his grave subsequently being lost.
L/Cpl. Arthur McDonald
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
A prisoner in Wittenberg POW Camp, L/Cpl McDonald volunteered to help the medical staff during an outbreak of typhus, which raged in Wittenberg Camp from January 1915 until late July 1915. Sadly, he contracted the disease and died on 1st June 1915. He is buried in Berlin South Western Cemetery, grave XIV.B.10.
C. A. McDonald
British Army 12th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.7th Nov 1918)
RfM. C. A. McDonald
British Army 12th Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.7th Nov 1918)
Rifleman Horace Pankhurst 1/8th Batt Leeds Rifles, died of wounds at Leipzig Redought on 16th July 1916. That's where the battalion was at this time, HQ was Johnsons Post at Theipval on the Somme, held in reserve but was brought up to the line in support.
Pte. D. F. McDonald
Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Salvage Coy.
Pte. Edward McDonald
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.12th May 1915)
Edward McDonald was lost in fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, he is remembered in Ypres at the Menin Gate.
Pte. F. McDonald
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
F McDonald was wounded in 1916 and 1917
Able Sea. George Dixon McDonald
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Collingwood Battalion
from:111 Commercial Road, South Shields
(d.4th Jun 1915)
My great uncle, Able Seaman George McDonald of the Collingwood Battalion, Royal Naval Division, was killed on Friday 4th Jun 1915 in the Third Battle of Krithia on the Gallipoli Peninsula. He was 22 and an apprentice riveter at J.P. Rennoldson and Sons shipyard, Shadwell Street, South Shields. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial at Gallipoli. He was the eldest son of John and Henrietta McDonald of 111 Commercial Road, South Shields.
Sgt. Harold McDonald
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. J. McDonald
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Arklow, Co. Wicklow
(d.3rd Sep 1919)
Private J. McDonald was the son of Mrs. Mary Anne McDonald, of 4, Wexford Rd., Arklow. He was 18 years old when he died. He is buried in the Arklow Cemetery.
Sgt. James Francis McDonald
British Army 19th Btn. Machine Gun Corps
from:Burnley, Lancashire
(d.9th Sep 1919)
James McDonald served with the 19th Battalion Machine Gun Corps during WW1 and was killed in action on the 9th September 1919. He is commemorated on Special Memorial B19 in Murmansk New British Cemetery in Russia. He is buried in Syvatnavolok Chyd. He lived at 11 Forest Street, Burnley, Lancashire
Pte. James McDonald
British Army 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Glasgow, Scotland
(d.8th May 1917)
James McDonald was my great grandfather and died in the first battle of Doiran on the 8th May 1917 aged 37. He is commemorated at Doiran Memorial in Greece amongst a total of 2174 casualties.
Pte. James McDonald
British Army 11th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Glasgow
(d.8th May 1917)
James McDonald (MacDonald) served in the 11th Battalion, Cameronians Scottish Rifles. He died in battle on the 8th May 1917 at the Battle of Doiran, Greece and is Commemorated on the Doiran Memorial.
L/Cpl John Christopher McDonald
British Army Labour Corps
from:Jarrow
(d.24th Feb 1919)
John Christopher McDonald served with the Gordon Highlanders then transferred to the Labour Corps. He was the son of Henry and Mary Bridget McDonald of Jarrow and was born in Jarrow in 1889. On the 1911 censusm John Christopher McDonald age 22 Rivetters Heater in Shipyard is listed as living with his parents Henry and Mary Bridget McDonald at 38 Union Street, Jarrow.
John is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (brass plaque on west face) Jarrow and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte. John McDonald
British Army 7th Battalion Border Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.23rd April 1917)
John McDonald served with the 7th Battalion Border Regiment, he died on the 23rd of April 1917, aged 29. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow. John was born on the 2nd of Feb 1887, to Thomas McDonald and Mary Casey and was baptised at St. Bedes. John had maried Anne Devaney at St Bede's church on the 1st of February 1910 and they had a son, also named John, born 29th of Jan 1912 in Jarrow, and baptised on the 3rd of Feb 1912, at St. Bedes Catholic Church,
Tpr. John Richard McDonald
Australian Army AIF 3rd Btn Imperial Camel Corps
from:New South Wales, Austalia
(d.7th Nov 1917)
Trooper John Richard McDonald served with the 3rd Battalion Imperial Camel Corps during WW1 and was killed in action on the 7th November 1917 age 20. He is buried in Beersheba War Cemetery in Israel. He was the son of Arthur Alexander and Mary Ann Sara McDonald, of Cuan, Bunnan, New South Wales. Native of Scone, New South Wales.
Rflmn. John McDonald
British Army 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Limehouse, London
(d.21st April 1917)
My great uncle John McDonald was my grandfather Dan's elder brother. He was born in 1891 and enlisted in the regular Army in 1911. He went to Kuldana then in India (now Pakistan) with the battalion and returned in 1914 when the battalion was sent to France.
He was killed in action in 1917 on the 21st April. He is buried at Gouzeaucourt War Graves Cemetery. He was 26 and unmarried when he died.
John McDonald
British Army 9th (Cycle) Battalion Hampshire Regiment
My grandfather, John Macdonald was in the 9th Hants Bicycle Battalion. Is it true that a command to mobilise the Hants Battalion was written badly and the 'a' in Hants looked like a 'u' and the Hunts were mobilised instead with many losses?
Tpr. John Richard McDonald
Australian Army 3rd (Australian) Bn. Imperial Camel Corps (Australian)
from:Bunnan, New South Wales
(d.7th Nov 1917)
John McDonald died on the 7th of November 1917, aged 20. He is buried in the Beersheba War Cemetery in Israel and was the s on of Arthur Alexander and Mary Ann Sara McDonald, of Cuan, Bunnan, New South Wales. Native of Scone, New South Wales.
Rflmn. John McDonald
British Army 2nd Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Limehouse, London
(d.21st April 1917)
My great uncle, Rifleman John McDonald of the 2nd Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, was a regular soldier who enlisted age 20 in 1911. He went to France in 1914 with the rest of the battalion and was killed in 1917.
My grandfather, his younger brother (who was in the RAF in WW2), never spoke of him although I believe my middle name is after him. He was probably one of the few old contemptibles to survive that long. I have found his grave site in France and will be visiting it this year,
Pte. John McDonald
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Kingstown
(d.3rd June 1915)
Private McDonald was the Son of Timothy McDonald, of 5, Crofton Parade, Kingstown.
He was 27 when he died and is buried in the South-West part, Just West of ruin, in the Kill of the Grange Old graveyard, Co. Dublin, Ireland.
Pte. John Mcdonald
British Army Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:Thorncliffe Street, Liverpool
Private John Mcdonald was my Grandfather. He served with the Kings Liverpool Regiment and 70th Coy. Labour Corps. He became unfit for service after being wounded.
Pte. Joseph McDonald
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Matthew McDonald
British Army 26th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
(d.1st July 1916)
Matthew McDonald served with the 26th Battalion (Tyneside Irish) Northumberland Fusiliers. hH was aged 34 when he died on 1st July 1916. Born in Jarrow, he was the son of Thomas and Margaret McDonald. On the 1911 census, Matthew McDonald age 29 General Labourer in Tyneside Rivet Works is listed as living with his parents Thomas and Margaret McDonald and family at 117 Windsor Avenue, Gateshead. He enlisted in Newcastle.
Matthew is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. Neil McDonald
British Army 4th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Oban, Argyll & Bute, Scotland
(d.9th April 1918)
Neil McDonald served with the 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders in WW1. He died 9th of April 1918 and is remembered on the Loos Memorial in France.
Pte. Patrick McDonald
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.9th May 1915)
Patrick McDonald of the 1st Battalion Royal Scots was lost in fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke. Patrick is remembered in Ypres on the Menin Gate memorial.
Patrick McDonald
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian Regiment)
from:6 Standards Row, Uphall, West Lothian, Scotland
(d.27th Sep 1915)
Only remember being told my great uncle Patrick McDonald died during World War 1 and that his mother received the death war medallion which has been passed down in the family. I read about the Battle of Loos and have found information that he was in the battle which began on 25th September and was killed in action on 17th of September 1915. I have no information on where he was buried, possibly in communal grave?
Roderick McDonald
British Army 23rd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
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