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Pte. Peter McKay
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Blaydon
Peter McKay was wounded in August 1917
Spr. Robert Finlayson McKay
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy.
from:Lairg, Scotland
(d.2nd Oct 1917)
Pte. Robert McKay
British Army 8th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Duntocher, Dumbartonshire
Robert McKay was wounded in battle around mid October 1917. He subsequently lost his left arm. He survived the Great War.
Pte. Watson McKay
British Army 9th Btn. Black Watch
(d.25th Sep 1915)
Watson McKay was my grandmother's brother. He fought with the 9th Battalion, Black Watch. He arrived in France on the 14th of July 1915 and was killed during the Battle of Loos. He is remembered on the Loos Memorial.
Pte. William McKay
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Coleraine
(d.25th February 1915)
William McKay served with the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Below is a poem he had written for his mother when he left.
It's of a youngfellow I'm going to tell,
He hailed from Coleraine, you know him quite well,
He left for old England, sailed far o'er the foam,
And left his old Mother and left his old home.
Mother, dear Mother, I bid youadieu,
Wherever I wander my heart is with you,
Wherever I wander my heart will remain,
With all that I love in the town of Coleraine.
Goodbye my old comrades, goodbye toall,
To all my old comrades from bold Donegal,
I am leaving in pain, farewell again,
To my friends and comrades in the town of Coleraine.
Pte. John McKeag
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. John Sharp McKean
Australian Imperial Force 9th Battalion
from:Brisbane
John McKean was my great-uncle. He enlisted on 22nd of July 1915 and was wounded in action.
Pte. John McKeating
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Workington
(d.1st July 1916)
John McKeating is buried in Gordon Dump Cemetery
Pte. Hugh McKechnie
British Army 10th/11th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow, Scotland
Hugh McKechnie enlisted on 9 August 1914 and saw action on the western front with the 10th/11th Battalion. He suffered wounds in action in August 1917 which subsequently lead to his discharge on 4 February 1918. The discharge cause was recorded as "Wounds xvi Army Order IIb(i) d/10/08/1917."
It appears that Hugh migrated to Western Australia in 1923 on board the SS Barrabool, which left London on 15/3/1923. He went to live with his sister who had already moved to WA.
Hugh McKechnie settled in East Perth and ultimately lived at the Sunset Hospital in Dalkeith until his death in 1974. He is buried at Karrakatta Cemetery beside the grave of his sister Minnie.
L/Cpl. John McKechnie
British Army 2nd Battalion, F Company Scots Guards
from:Chapelhall, Glasgow
(d.16th May 1915)
John McKechnie was the elder brother of my grandfather James, sons of Walter and Christina. John was born at Airdrie Hill Farm, New Monkland, Lanarkshire on 6th March 1890. He became a member of the Chapelhall Boys' Brigade, the Chapelhall Cricket Club and the U.F Choir. He was a baker by trade.
In late 1914 John enlisted with the Scots Guards and was sent to Caterham for his basic training. John was killed at Festubert on the morning of 16th May 1915 aged 25 years.
A letter received by his parents following his death stated that John's body was found some time later by some of his pals who placed his body in a marked grave. However, if this was so this grave was later lost as he has now has no known grave and is commemorated in the Le Touret Cemetery.
John was part of the action that led to the story of the 'Immortal Eighty'. The story goes that one of John's comrades faced a Field General Court Marshal on 26th March 1915 at La Gorgue where he was convicted of desertion and was executed on the 9th April at Laventie. It is recorded that John was called to submit evidence at this Court Marshal. The story continues that following this execution members of his company met at a local estaminet (a cafe) and decided to fight to the last man to regain their honour. Just over a month later, at the attack at Festubert, John's company lost two officers and eighty other ranks, one of who was John, fighting to the last man having been cut off. Although the facts of this action are never likely to be proven due to the fog of war and the possibility of some embellishment by recorders after the action, the sacrifice of these men impacted on the course of the battle, breaking up a German counter attack and leading to the surrender of a local strong point known as the Quadrilateral.
John's younger brother James survived the war, met my grandmother Lucy in London on being demobbed, married her and set up a blacksmith's shop in Old Dover Road, Blackheath. James had a photo of his brother in uniform but this was destroyed when a V2 demolished the shop late in World War 2 killing many people in the street but, luckily for me, all my family survived one of whom was my mum Joan, who was 18 at the time.
L/Bdr Samuel McKechnie
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Old Kilpatrick. Dumbarton 3 Millburn Crescent
Samuel McKechnie died in 1937. He died before I was born.
My uncle Sam received a gunshot wound to his nose in WW1, and was receiving treatment for this when he died of Pneumonia following his surgery, in Western Infirmary in Glasgow. He was a much respected man and a Gamekeeper all his short life.
Pte. Edward McKee
British Army 9th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
(d.10th Oct 1916)
Edward McKee served with the 9th Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment and died on the 10th October 1916. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and on the Thiepval Memorial Pier . His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
Edward was born in Hebburn 1891, son of Edward and Janet McKee nee Jardine of Jarrow. He was married to Catherine Garrity (formerly McKee nee McGee) of 31 Shamrock Street, Hebburn. In the 1911 census the family is living at 22 Wilberforce, Jarrow with Edward(60) a copperworks labourer and his wife of 23 years Janet(52). They had 7 children but only 3 survived. Edward(20) a brass core maker in copper tube works, Thomas James Jardine(17)a grocers assistant and Robert Jardine(14) a grocers apprentice.
A/Capt Harry Olphert McKee MID.
British Army 12th Btn Royal Irish Rifles
from:Londonderry
Uncle Harry McKee, as I knew him, was my father's uncle and I knew him all my life until he died in 1966. He would tell us about the Great War but never about the fighting. One of his friends was in charge of some mules and refused to eat steak in Belgium in 1919 as he was not a "cannibal". After the war he had something to do with the A Specials in Londonderry, but I'm not sure exactly what. I have been unable to find anything about his service record as we don't know his Army Number, but I know he was Mentioned in Despatches at least once as he has two oak leaves with his medals, as well as a Belgian Croix de Guerre.
Pte J McKee
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:16, Birkett St., Wallsend-on-Tyne
(d.13th Jul 1917)
McKee, J. Private, 19/120, Killed in action on 13th July 1917.
Buried in Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery Somme, in grave II. F. 11.
Son of Mrs. D. McKee, of 16, Birkett St., Wallsend-on-Tyne.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. James Mckee
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Kilkeel.
My Grandfather James McKee was Private 40652, 10th Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (Formally 2090 North Irish Horse), he was badly wounded Passchendaele in August 1917, suffering wounds to his neck and waist. On release from hospital he was transferred to The Royal Army Service Corps, Horse transport section.
Rfmn. James Johnston McKee
British Army 8th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Newtownbreda, Belfast
(d.2nd Jul 1916)
My great uncle James Johnston enlisted with East Belfast Battalion. He was killed in action on 2nd of July 1916. His name is on Thiepval Memorial, France. He was the second of six sons. His parents, Archibald and Sarah, lived at Newtownbreda, Belfast.
Pte. John Bernard McKee
British Army 4th Btn. Black Watch
from:Dundee, Scotland
Pte. Patrick McKee MM
British Army 7th/8th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Ballymoney, Co. Antrim
(d.20th Nov 1917)
The actions which lead to Private Patrick McKee and his Ballymoney comrade Lance Corporal John Laverty being decorated are unrecorded. What is known, is that over a two week period in August 1917, Private McKee and Lance Corporal Laverty acted with such heroism that they were both awarded the Military Medal shortly afterwards. In November that year, McKee and Laverty held off a German attack with a heavy machine gun, while their fellow servicemen withdrew. Both men manned the gun to their deaths. They have no known grave and are commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Pte. Patrick McKee MM.
British Army 7/8th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Ballymoney
(d.20th Nov 1917)
Private Patrick McKee served with the 7/8th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers and died on the 20th November 1917.
Pte. William Mckee
British Army 1st Btn. A Coy. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:134 Boundary Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
(d.21st Aug 1915)
My great uncle who I never met. Editor's Note: At the time of his death, Private 10339 William McKee was a member of A Company, 1st Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, which was part of the 29th Division engaged in the Gallipoli campaign.
On the morning of 21st August 1915, the Division were ordered to carry out an attack and take Scimitar Hill (Hill 70) across a 400 yard front. His Battalion moved off at 1530 hours with A Company occupying the centre position. The Battalion were involved in heavy fighting before being relieved in the late evening. The attack was a costly failure.
At the start of the attack, the Battalion strength was 19 Officers and 758 Other Ranks. When a roll call was carried out, about 0100 hours the following morning, the strength was 4 Officers and 230 Other Ranks. (Information from Battalion War Diary) Private McKee has no known grave and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial.
Pte. William McKee
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Belfast
(d.21st Aug 1915)
My great uncle William McKee was killed at Gallipoli, age 22. He was first declared missing then assumed dead. His body was never found and is commemorated at the Helles Memorial in Turkey, Panel 97-101.
His brother Alexander Livingston McKee (my grandfather) also served in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.
Pte John McKeever
British Army 6th Btn Connaught Rangers
from:Derry
(d.8th March 1917)
Stoker. Michael John McKeirnan
Royal Navy HMS Defence
from:46 Adderly Street, Stockton on Tees
(d.31st May 1916)
Michael McKeirnan was lost during the Battle of Jutland, he was the son of Mary McKiernan. He is remembered on the Chatham Memorial.
Pte. Alexander Bunten McKellar
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Stewarton, Ayrshire
Alexander McKellar enlisted on 27th March 1917 at the age of 18 years 1 month. Initially, he was in the 55th battalion reservists, then the 4th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry and then the Machine Gun Corps.
He was wounded by a gun shot in the right shoulder which penetrated the chest on 1st of October 1918 in Ypres. He was transferred to the field hospital where he was for 35 days until he was transferred to the 3rd Scottish General Hospital in Glasgow for 333 days before being discharged on 23rd October 1919.
He married after the war and had 2 children but he was unable to use his right arm. He underwent an operation at Hairmyres Hospital in 1946 to try and reverse some of the damage done but, unfortunately, he died on the operating table. He was 46 and left a widow and 2 small children aged 4 and 6 months old.
Pte. Quinten McKellar
British Army 20th Battallion Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
from:Coventry
Apparantly Quinten McKellar went missing for about 9 months in 1917/1918 no-one seems to know how, why or where he was, does anyone have any records of this?
Pte. William Henry McKellow
British Army 1st Btn. Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
from:Canning Town, London
(d.3rd Oct 1917)
Private William Henry McKellow, served with the 1st Battalion, Duke Of Cornwalls Light Infantry, he died during the Battle of Passchendaele on the 3rd of October 1917. He was 20 years old.
Pte. William Mckelvey
British Army 16th Pioneer Battlion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Killyleagh
My great uncle, William McKelvey came from a townland called Ballymacarron just outside Killyleagh. He joined the 16th Royal Irish Rifles Pioneer Battlion Co Down on the 18th of January 1915. He had worked as a farm labourer before the war. The Down pioneers were nicknamed The Terrors who, as well as working on the trenches and roads and railways while under fire, had to be ready to fight like an ordinary rifle man. William served all through the war and at the age of 31 he emigrated to Canada to work at farming and his sister my grand mother never saw him again.
Pte. C. McKendrick
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Pte. Charles McKenna
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Felling
Charles McKenna enlisted in 1914
Pte Edward McKenna
British Army 3/5th Btn Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
from:Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
(d.9th December 1915)
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