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Rflmn. W. McDowell
British Army 11th Btn., D Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st July 1916)
Rifleman McDowell was killed in action on 1st July 1916. He is buried in Cerisy-Gailly French National Cemetery, Grave II.A.11.
He was the son of James and Ellen McDowell, 2 New Street, Lisburn, Co. Antrim.
Rfm William McDowell
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Belfast
(d.17th Aug 1917)
Dvr. Ronald John McEachen
British Army 156th Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Henley on Thames, Oxfordshire
(d.29th June 1916)
Ronald McEachen was killed on the Somme, two days before the "big push".
Pte. William McEachin
British Army 1st Garrison Btn. Royal Scots
(d.4th May 1914)
William McEachin was buried in the Famagusta Military Cemetery in Cyprus.
Capt. Dan McElduff MC.
British Army Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Pack Horse Inn, Burnopfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear,
My grandfather, Dan McElduff served in the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was awarded the MC in 1916 when serving on the Somme. I have added some pictures that I have. I am looking for any information that I can find regarding him and his war service history. It would also be nice to pass on his pictures to any of the family of his friends in his pictures. This might be a big and impossible task, but would be nice to do.
Pte. Patrick McElligott
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Tipperary Town
(d.2nd July 1916)
7525 Private Patrick McElligott served with the 2nd Btn Royal Irish Regiment and was from Tipperary Town. He died on 2nd July 1916 of wounds received while fighting in the Battle of the Somme and is buried in Heilly Station Cemetery, Merricourt-L'Abbe, France. Grave reference I.G.8.
Sgt. M. McElphone
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
M McElphone took part in trench raids on the night of the 25th-26th of June 1916
Capt. J. O. McElroy
British Army 14th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Gorteen
Captain McElroy was the son of Mrs McElroy of Guilmore, Gorteen.
He died on 4th March 1919 and is buried in south west part of the Killaraght Church of Ireland Churchyard, Kilfree, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
Pte. Ernest McElwee
British Army 2nd Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:2 Bannfield Rd, Coleraine, Londonderry
Our father, Ernest McAlwee was born in 1899 and died in 1978. He lived at 2 Bannfield Road, Coleraine, Londonderry and enlisted in the Royal Irish Rifles on 30th of January 1917, at Ballymoney, Londonderry, N.Ireland. He was then transferred to the Hampshire Regiment, No. 28484, where he trained to be a Lewis Light Machine Gunner.
How he managed to survive through the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele), the Battle of Cambrai and the Five Phases of the Battle of Lys is nothing short of a miracle. He was gassed in August 1918 and was discharged from Ewell Hospital, Surrey on 26th of May 1919. After serving two years and 117 days with the colours. For which he received a War Pension. Although I cannot find any record in the Burnt Records section, however, I have been told very few pension records survived the fire.
He is listed in the book "Coleraine Heroes" by Robert Thompson. Although the record shows him as being in the Munster Fusilliers. However, on his Enlistment papers he is recorded as joining the Royal Irish Rifles. He was awarded, the Victory Medal, British Medal, Silver War Badge No. 221426. Chevron 1 Blue (for serving 1 year overseas).
In loving memory from his three sons Ernest, James & John McElwee
Sgt. John Edward McEnerney
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Enniskillen
John McEnerney served with the 8th Inniskilling Fusiliers and the Labour Corps.
Pte. Henry Daniel McEntee
British Army 13th Btn. London Regiment
from:Carpenter's Cottage, Kensington Palace, London
(d.9th May 1915)
Henry McEntee died in the Battle of Aubers Ridge aged 23. He was the son of Daniel McEntee, carpenter to the Royal Family, and was born and lived in Carpenter's Cottage, Kensington Palace, London, of Irish and German parents. His two other brothers fighting in WWI survived.
Pte. Bernard McEvoy
British Army 15th (The King's) Hussars
(d.23rd October 1918)
Private McEvoy was 40 when he died and is buried near the South-West corner of the Knockaroe Catholic Churchyard, Aghaboe, Co. Leix, Ireland.
Pte. Hugh Mcevoy
9th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Kilcoo, County Down
(d.16th August 1917)
Pte. John Patrick McEvoy
British Army 11th Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Cardiff
My grandfather John McEvoy, was wounded when he was buried in a shellhole in Zonnebeke on 10th April 1918, 19 days after my mother's birth. He required at least two operations and over a year of hospital treatment but luckily survived. My mother was always told that he was never the same after the war, hardly surprising really. He then died in his early 40's so could probably be considered a casualty of war. My mother talked of him with great affection over 70 years after his death; he was a gentle, kind man and she often helped him in his work as a tailor.
Today my husband and I visited Polygon Wood Cemetery and found the graves of a few men from his battalion who died in the days immediately after he was wounded. I found it very moving to think that they may have known my grandfather. However awful his experience and however much it contributed to his early death, he surely had a better deal than those poor lads.
L/Cpl. John Stanislaus McEvoy
British Army 21st Btn. King's Royal Rifle Corps
(d.22nd June 1917)
Joseph McEvoy
from:Jarrow
Joseph McEvoy is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph (west face) Jarrow.
Pte. Robert McEvoy McEvoy
British Army East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Belfast, Ireland
Robert McEvoy is my great-grandfather. He passed away in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada in 1957.
Pte. Robert Wright McEvoy
British Army Royal Irish Rifles
from:Belfast
Robert McEvoy was born in Belfast, Ireland in 1890 and died in Hamilton Ontario, Canada in 1957.
Pte. William John McEvoy
British Army 8th Btn. Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Belfast
(d.16th August 1917)
Pte. Alexander Norman McEwan
British Army 9th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Belfast, N.Ireland
Alexander McEwan served with the Seaforth Highlanders I've been trying to locate my father's service record for some time without success. However, I found his Medal Roll Index Card. He was 16 years old in 1915 when he enlisted. My older sister thought he was in the 9th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders. However, he played football in the war and his football medal is engraved "Ripon Garrison Association Cup Competition".
He also had a "On War Service Badge" dated 1915 which was usually given to a civilian, unless it wasn't his. I have checked the roll call of names of ALL Seaforth Highlander Battalions but his name is not there. The number on the "On War Service Badge" is 92635. His father was Scottish - hence his enlistment in a Scottish Regiment.
Pte. James McEwan MM.
British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Newmains, Lanarkshire
James McEwan served with distinction in the Great War spending four years in the trenches with 2nd Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. He was part of the 33rd Division and won the Military Medal for bravery in the field in the Ypres Salient. He was also presented with a certificate of distinction by the commanding officer of the 33rd Division. James took part in the Battle of Arras, The Battle of the Somme and the Third Battle of Ypres (Easschendaele). He was seriously wounded in 1917 probably during the last named battle.
During the Second World War James served in the Home Guard where his valuable experience was used training is local Home Guard unit in which he served as a Sergeant until he was accidentally wounded while on the rifle range. He died from gas gangrene in a Military Hospital in Edinburgh on 23rd of January 1943 and was buried with military honours at Cambusnethan Cemetery. James was the son of John and Janet McEwan of 89 Meadowbum Road, Wishaw, Husband of Elizabeth Miller McEwan of 15 Crindledyke Crescent, Newmains.
Pte. John McEwan
British Army 9th Btn. Black Watch
from:Falkirk, Scotland
(d.29th September 1915)
My great Uncle John McEwan was wounded at the Battle of Loos and died a few days later at a military hospital in Le Treport.
Pte. William McEwan
British Army 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.1st July 1916)
William McEwan served with 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and was aged 23 when he died on 1st July 1916. Born in Jarrow in 1893 he was the son of William and Euphemia McEwan of 1 Kent Villas Jarrow. On the 1911 census, William McEwan age 18 Drapers Assistant is listed as living with his parents William and Euphemia McEwan and family at 75 St. Paul's Road, Jarrow. He enlisted in Newcastle.
William is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Rflmn. McFadden
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Pte. Clealand George McFadden
Australian Imperial Force 42nd Btn.
from:Singleton, NSW
Clealand McFadden enlisted on the 22nd of March 1916 aged 29 years, a painter by occupation and a single man who returned to Australia after the war on 3rd of January, 1919. Clealand was recommended for a Military Medal for his action as a runner near Proyart on 12th of August 1918.
He had three brothers who also served including my grandfather Ronald Arthur McFadden of the 13th Battalion who served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front returning home in 1919. Their brother Robert Joseph McFadden of the 45th Battalion 8th reinforcements was killed at Messines aged 29 years on 9 June, 1917 and there is no known grave and his name is on the Menin Gate.
Pte. Felix McFadyen
British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
Felix McFadyen served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers and in the Labour Corps.
Pte. A. McFarland
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Rflmn. George Beech McFarland
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dunmurry
My granddad, George McFarland, arrived in France sometime after the 1st of January 1916 where he served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. His POW record states that he was captured at La Boisselle on the 9th July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and taken to Dulmen POW Camp in Germany. Do not have a date for his repatriation.
When the war was over he served with 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles.
Pte. Alan McFarlane
British Army 9th Btn Black Watch
from:Methven Perthshire
(d.26th Sept 1915)
Alan McFarlane, my Great Uncle was killed in the Battle of Loos on 26th of September 1915, three weeks after his 21st birthday. He is buried in Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France
Pte. Colin McFarlane
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Highlanders
from:Isle of Lismore
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