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Pte. John McGurk
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. Thomas McGurk
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Scotswood
Thomas McGurk suffered a Hernia and was discharged in 1916
Lt. George Ross McGusty
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dublin
(d.14th June 1916)
George McGusty was the only child of George & Louisa McGusty, Of this city, Born the 12th july 1893. He died the 14th of June 1916 at Abbeville in France from wounds received in action on the Somme battlefield.
Gnr. John Thomas S. McHale
British Army 48th Bde. Royal Field Artillery
from:Jarrow
(d.7th July 1918)
John McHale served in D Battery, 48th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery and died on the 7th July 1918. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and is buried in Villers Station Cemetery, Villers-au-Bois. His medal card shows the award of the War and Victory Medals.
John was born in Sunderland in 1894, son of John and the late Florence McHale nee Littlefair of 60 McIntyre Street, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at that address with John(42) a widower, working as a barman in a public house. 5 children were born but only 3 survived and are living here. John(16) is a butchers assistant, Florence(14) is a domestic servant and Margaret(12) is still at school.
Pte. Joseph McHale
British Army Connaught Rangers
Joseph McHale was transferred to the Labour Corps. He was the Son of Thomas and Annie McHale and was aged 34 when he died. He is buried in the left part of the Old Ground in the Castlebar Catholic Cemetery, Co. Mayo, Ireland.
Gdsmn. Michael McHale
British Army 2nd Battalion Irish Guards
from:Ballina, Co Mayo, Ireland
(d.2nd July 1916)
Michael McHale enlisted into the British Army, joining the 2nd Irish Guards on 23rd of December 1915. He was married to Maria, and had two children. Mary aged 4years and Michael Joseph aged 2years. His wife Maria was pregnant with their 3rd child, James. Michael had been employed as a groom in Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland. Family stories talk of him being, or wanting to be, a Jockey. It appears before he enlisted, he was no longer working as a groom, but working as a farm hand. The family story was that the family were poor, and Michael, along with other local men, were offered ÂŁ5 to enlist. Michael was killed in action on 2nd of July 1916, 6 months after enlisting. His body was never recovered. He is remembered on the Menin Memorial Gate, Ypres, and also on the Mayo Peace Wall in County Mayo, Ireland.
Drvr. Hugh McHugh
British Army Army Service Corps
(d.7th March 1916)
Hugh McHugh is buried near the south-east boundary of the Ballybrack (St.Mary) Catholic Churchyard, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Pte. Joseph McHugh
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Bedlington
(d.1st July 1916)
Joseph McHugh is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Pte. Joseph McHugh
British Army 25th Heavy Battery Royal Garrision Artillery
from:Londonderry, Northern Ireland
(d.23rd August 1917)
Pte. Michael McHugh
British Army 9th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Northwich, Cheshire
Michael McHugh was my grandfather who joined the 9th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment in 1914. He was wounded and it was reported in the Northwich Guardian on 10th July 1916. It may have been in the area of La Boisselle on the Somme.
Pte. Patrick McHugh
British Army 37th Sanitary Section Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Dublin
Pte. Thomas McHugh
British Army 6th Btn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
from:Aghacashel, Co. Leitrim
(d.29th April 1917)
Private McHugh was the son of Mrs S. McHugh, of Derreen, Aghacashel.
He was 30 when he died and is buried in the near far corner from the entrance of the Drumcong Catholic Churchyard, Kiltubbrid, Co. Leitrim, Ireland.
Pte. John McIlhone
British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Edinburgh
My Great Grandfather, John McIlhone, served in the Boer War and upon declaration of war with Germany in August 1914 joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was stationed at Fort Matilda in Gourock prior to embarking for France.
He fought at the first major battle at Mons. He was then badly wounded at Neuve Chappelle on 17th of March 1915 spending 6 weeks at a Base Hopsital near Rouen. After this he was transfered to the Machine Gun Corps. He was wounded again in early 1916. In 1917 he received a 10 day pass home to Edinburgh and in March 1918 a 14 day pass. Upon returning to France in March 1918 he was wounded for the fourth time and duly hopsitalised. He survived the War and returned to Edinburgh.
L/Cpl. Duncan McIlraith
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
(d.13th Mar 1915)
Duncan McIlraith was the eldest son of Robert and Maggie McIlraith of New Kilpatrick Bearsdem, and the eldest brother of James, William, Robert and David. His parents had both died by 1910 and he and his brothers were left on their own. Three brothers also joined the army, James, Robert and David and survived. David made a career of the army and moved to Aberdeen.
Samuel McIlroy
British Army 14th Btn. att 109th Light Trench Mortar Bty Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Captain William McIndoe MC
British Army 5th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Ayr
Sister. McInnes
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 32 Stationary Hospital
Pte. Allan Edward McInnes
Australian Imperial Force 53rd Battalion
from:Sydney, NSW
Allan McInnes was my grandfather, although his service record tells us he was 19, he was just a few days short of his 18th birthday when discharged due to being wounded.
He recovered and fought again in WW11. He became a successful business man in Sydney, married Myrtle Miller in Sydney in 1924 and had two children. My mother Marie and her older brother Peter. Allan passed away at the age of 97.
Nurse Jane Simpson "Jean" McInnes
Red Cross
from:Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Jean McInnes was an Australian, daughter of Alexander McInnes and Margaret (nee McDougall) born in Brisbane Queensland in 1891, who was working at the Smithston War Hospital Greenock, Scotland during WW1. It is not known yet what the exact period of her service was. The evidence for her being at Smithston is this July 1919 funeral notice. As the military authorities withdrew from Smithston in April 1919 she may have been a Red Cross volunteer rather than a military nurse working with a British unit She has no Australian Army Nursing Service file at the National Archives of Australia.
Nurse Jean Simpson McInnes
Australian Imperial Forces
Taken from a funeral notice for her brother. It appears Jane McInnes (who preferred Jean) served as a nurse at the hospital. This is the only reference I have that she served except for her death notice which has her as Sister J S McInnes AIF.
Lt. Ronald Alison McInnis
Australian Imperial Force 26th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
Ronald Alison McInnis was born near Mackay, Queensland, on 20th November 1890. Educated at Maryborough Grammar School, he trained for several years as an apprentice surveyor in Mackay and also qualified as a computing draughtsman. On 8th October 1912, McInnis was registered as an authorised surveyor. The 24-year-old enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 21st May 1915 and left Brisbane with the 26th Infantry Battalion aboard HMAT Ascanius on 24th May 1915.
McInnis was deployed to Gallipoli in September that year and spent the next two months rotating in and out of the trenches before being tasked with surveying the extensive tunnel system at Quinn's Post. Gallipoli was evacuated before he could finish his plan for the tunnel system, and during December 1915 he was transferred to the 8th Field Company of the Royal Australian Engineers. McInnis finished his plan for Quinn's Post early the following year and in June was sent to the Western Front. In September he was made an officer and on the same day as his promotion was transferred to the 53rd Infantry Battalion. From then on McInnis served at the front line with the battalion, his duties including trench construction and repair, and acting as a liaison officer to other battalions. His diary entries describe in great detail the battles in which he participated. One such entry depicts McInnis' brush with death in October 1916 while at the front. He was about to take a rest when a salvo of shells landed nearby. As McInnis looked to see where they had landed he noticed the wall of the trench he was in falling towards him. At first he struggled to free himself from the soft earth, but as it settled and compressed he realised it was slowly crushing him. Fortunately, members of his unit saw what had happened and managed to dig him out. In 1917 he attended several training courses, received a promotion to lieutenant, and participated in the battle at Passchendaele. McInnis' last major action on the front would be at the pivotal battle of St. Quentin Canal in September 1918.
After the Armistice McInnis went to London, and on 23d March 1919 he left for Australia. He later married and went on to have an extensive career in town planning. Ronald McInnis died at Hobart, Tasmania on 8th May 1982.
Cpl. Daniel McIntee
British Army 14th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(d.26th Nov 1917)
Daniel McIntee served with the 14th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Pte. Colin McKenzie McIntosh
British Army 6th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment
from:Aberdeen
(d.3rd Oct 1918)
L/Cpl Duncan McIntosh
British Army 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Muir of Oex
(d.9th April 1917)
Duncan McIntosh served with 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders. I have found a photograph of a wooden cross with an inscription showing my great uncle's details and date of death.
Hugh McIntosh
Royal Naval Reserve HMS Flint
(d.26th October 1916)
Hugh McIntosh was killed whilst serving on HMS Flint from a torpedo attack during the Battle of Dover Straits. He was a fisherman from Avoch in the Black Isle, Ross-shire, Scotland.
Pte. John McIntosh
British Army 1st Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Jarrow
(d.24th Nov 1916)
John McIntosh served in the 1st Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders and died on the 24th November 1916. He is remembered at Monkton Memorial and is buried in Amara War Cemetery in Mesopotamia (Iraq). His medal card records the award of the War and Victory Medals.
John was born in Hebburn 1889 son of John and Annie Grant McIntosh nee McGregor of Hebburn. He was married to Elizabeth Minnie McIntosh nee Waister of High House Cottage, Monkton, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 30 Cuthbert Street, Hebburn with John(46) a ships plater and his wife of 21 years Ann(39)having nine children all singe and at this address. John(21) general labourer at chemical plant, Simon(18)ships platers helper, William(16) ships platers apprentice, Elizabeth(13), Barbara(11), Angus(8) and Hector(5) at school. Alexander is 2 and Ann is 3 months old.
Sgt. John Durrant McIntosh
British Army 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
(d.3rd March 1918)
Sgt John Durrant McIntosh was my Great Uncle.
Lsg.Sea. Leonard Victor McIntosh
Royal Navy SS Baron Ailsa
from:Jarrow
(d.9th May 1918)
Leonard Victor McIntosh served on board the SS Baron Ailsa and died age 20 on the 9th May 1918 when the vessel was sunk.
Leonard was born in Pelaw and lived in Jarrow. He was the son of Robert and Hannah Elizabeth McIntosh nee Forster of 6 Connaught Terrace, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 12 Pearson Place, Jarrow with Robert(35) a marine engine fitter and his wife of 14 years Hannah Elizabeth(43) having had 8 children and 7 survived all of whom are at or below school age. Leonard Victor 13, Grace 11, Richard 9, Robert 7, Doris Ellen 5, Sidney 3 and George who is 7 months old.
Sgt. Peter McIntosh MM.
British Army 255 Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Aberdeen
My grandfather, Peter McIntosh never spoke of the war. During the duration, he had received the Military Medal for bravery in the field. He never spoke of this to anyone. We are trying to find any information regarding how he had gained this. On the side of the medal it has his name and number. Any information would be wonderful to share with the other family members. His name also appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette on 23rd of July 1919 on page 9350. In other information I have it states that it was for "acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire".
Rfn. Robert McIntosh MM.
British Army 7th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Atherstone, Warwickshire.
My grandfather was Robbie McIntosh, a signaller in the 7th Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. He joined up on the 1st Sep 1914 (under age) in Crystal Palace and survived until the end of the war. He won a Military Medal for gallantry on 2nd June 1917 which was awarded by Captain M.J. St. Aubyn. We believe the medal was given when he volunteered to keep the communication lines open and crawled for many days in the mud of No Man's Land. He ran out of food and was disorientated from the shelling. He was lucky to survive. I am in possession of his papers and the award notification.
Robert McIntosh also had an older brother, Charles (Chas), who served in India (North West Frontier Expedition Medal) and France (the Retreat from Mons on the 15th July 1914, with Kitchener's Army). He became a Sgt Major, also won the Military Medal, and was apparently Mentioned in Despatches.
I also have a copy of a sad poem, "Egypt Lost", that has both my grandfather's name and that of Rifleman J.C. Lapworth, 8th Battalion written on the paper. My grandfather did not write the poem and we concluded that Rfn. Lapworth wrote it, but are not certain.
Tell me not in mournful numbers
Egypt’s but an empty dream
And the Staff that often blunders
Is the washout that they seem.
Mugs we are, as Mugs returning
To the trenches as before
With out hearts in anger burning
We, the Scapegoats of the Corp.
From the trenches, East of Ypres
We returned and blessed the day
And we mocked the Hunnish Snipers
As we West-ward wound our way
Off we went our hearts all joyous
Going to a brighter land
Where we hoped they’d soon employ us
Digging trenches in the sand.
Gladly did we send our spare kit
To the Quartermasters store
Full of Souvenirs we packed it
For we hoped we’d see no more
You; You land of Mud and Water
And it made the fellows smile
For they thought that Pharaoh’s daughter
Called them to the Sunny Nile.
But the shining vision vanished
When the order came to stay
And our fondest hopes were banished
That we’d ever get away.
Mugs we are, as Mugs returning
To the trenches as before
Doomed to rot in mud and water
Till the Hun has Lost the War.
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