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Cpl. Donald Mclean
British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlander Regiment
from:Lochend, Edinburgh
(d.21st Oct 1914)
Donald McLean served with the 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during WW1 and was killed in action on the 21st October 1914, aged 34. He is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium. He was the son of John and Jane McLean, of Kelvinhaugh St., Glasgow; Husband of Nellie McLean, of 31, Sleigh Drive, Lochend, Edinburgh.
The Buteman & West Coast Chronicle reported: Corporal Donald McLean [8380] 2nd Btn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, of Rothesay, Isle of Bute officially notified as missing. Shortly after entering the fighting line in France he was promoted from Lance-Corporal to Corporal for an act of bravery in going to the assistance of Lieut. Stirling in the retirement from Le Cateau, and thereby saving the officerĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s life. McLean performed the gallant act at considerable risk to himself. It is hoped that McLean, who has been 12 years in the army and took part in the South African war, is still unharmed and may have become separated for a time from his regiment. He was killed on the 21/10/1914, the day after his 34th birthday. He left his pregnant wife and 3 children.
Cpl. Donald McLean
British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Partick, Glasgow
(d.21st October 1914)
My grandfather, Corporal Donald McLean, 2nd Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, is commemorated at Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing. He is the first name for 1914 on the Rothesay War Memorial, Bute-shire.
He was promoted to Corporal from Lance Corporal after saving the life of Captain Stirling who was wounded by shrapnel. He left behind his seven months' pregnant widow (the baby was my father, also named Donald) and four other children. He had just had his 34th birthday the day before he died on 21st of October 1914 in Flanders.
Spr. J. L. McLean
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy.
from:Main st Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
(d.28th Jun 1917)
Pte. Joseph McLean
British Army 8th (Ardwick) Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Bradford, Manchester
Joseph McLean enlisted on 4th March 1912. At the outbreak of WWI he volunteered for overseas service and on 9th September 1914 they marched to camp in Littleborough, transferring to Southampton the following day, where they boarded a ship for Alexandria, Egypt.
After months of training they were transferred to Gallipoli on 6th May 1915. He was reported injured twice, once in May and once in June, his name and number appear in both the Times newspaper and the Manchester Guardian. It was his second injury that forced him out of the war. He was transferred to Imtarfa Hospital on Malta to receive medical attention and to recover before being transferred back home. He was officially discharged on 13th March 1916. He died in 1925, aged 37.
1st page from Hospital letter
Pte Murdoch McLean
British Army 8th Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment)
from:Perth, Scotland
(d.19 July 1918)
Sgt. Robert McLean
British Army 10th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Holywell, Seaton Delaval, Northumberland
(d.20th September 1917)
Robert McLean came from a large mining family and worked as a putter underground at the time of the 1901 census. By 1911, he had left the mines and was working as a waiter at Seaton Terrace Social Club, in Northumberland. He was married to Margaret Emery Brown. They had no children.
Sgt. Robert McLean
British Army 10th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Seaton Delaval, Northumberland
(d.20th September 1917)
Pte William James McLean
British Army 8th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Belfast
(d.27th April 1916)
Lt. Col. William Richard James McLean
British Army 16th (Transport Workers) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:113 Queens Court, Hurlingham Road, Fulham
My family history research found that William McLean was Lt. Col. of 16th (Transport Workers) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment from 11/03/1916 to 21/12/1916. I'm trying to confirm that. He died in Fulham in July 1932.
Pte. Downie McLellan
Australian Imperial Force 4th Australian Pioneers
from:Bundaberg, Queensland
(d.12th Oct 1917)
Downie McLellan served with the 4th Australian Pioneers. He was killed by artillery fire whilst working on rebuilding the Zonnebeke-Frezenburg road when the infantry of the 3rd and 4th Divisions attacked nearby Passchendaele Ridge on 12th October 1917. He is buried in the Perth Cemetery (China Wall) in Belgium.
Pte. Downie McLellan
Australian Imperial Force 4th Australian Pioneers Australian Infantry
from:Bundaberg, Queensland
(d.12th Oct 1917)
Downie McLellan served with the 4th Pioneers, Australian Imperial Force during WW1. He was killed by artillery fire whilst working on rebuilding the Zonnebeke-Frezenburg road when the infantry of the 3rd and 4th Divisions attacked nearby Passchendaele Ridge on the 12th October 1917, age 37. He is buried in the Perth Cemetery (China Wall) in Belgium. He was the son of Downie and J. S. McLellan, of Princess St., Bundaberg, Queensland.
Pte. William McLellan
British Army 1st Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th Nov 1914)
William McLellan served in the 1st Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers and died age 29 on the 8th November 1914. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and is buried in Hagle Dump Cemetery. His medal card shows the award of the 1914 Star, War and Victory Medals.
William was born in Jarrow 1885, husband of Margaret McLellan nee Thompson. In the 1911 census they are living at 122 Woodhorn Road, Hirst Ashington with William(25) a miner stoneman (below ground) and his wife of 3 years Margaret(22). They have one daughter, Isabella who is 111 months old. Also living there is his brother Neil(23) same work as his older brother.
Herbert Stanley McLelland
British Army 13th Btn., 9th Platoon Cheshire Regiment
from:Hoylake, Wirral
My grandfather, Bert McLelland, served in the 9th Platoon of the 13th Cheshire Regiment.
McLennan
Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. John McLennan
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.12th May 1915)
1st John McLennan died of wounds sustained in fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium. John is remembered in Ypres on the Menin Gate.
Gnr. William Wright McLennan MM
British Army 2nd Siege Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Edinburgh
My father enlisted at Edinburgh on 17th September 1903 for the Royal Garrison Artillery. He disembarked to France on 17th September 1914 with the 2nd Siege Battery. He was engaged in the Battle of the Marne, for which he received the Mons Star. Reference: the London Gazette dated 12th September 1916, page 9003, states he was awarded the Military Medal for firing an ammunition store to atoms. (Reference Edinburgh Bulitin dated October 1916.) I believe he was part of the 85th mobile Battery from 1916 to the end of the war.
Pte William McLennan MM
British Army 1st/8th Btn Royal Scots
from:24 West St., Penicuik
Sjt. McLeod
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy.
Lt. Alan Arnett McLeod VC
Royal Flying Corps 2 Squadron
from:Canada
Lt. Alan Arnett McLeod VC.
Royal Air Force
from:Winnipeg, Canada
(d.6th Nov 1918)
Lt. Alan Arnett McLeod was killed in action 06/11/1918, Age: 19, he is buried in the Winnipeg (Old Kildonan) Presbyterian Cemetery. He was the son of Dr. A. N. McLeod and Margaret Lillian McLeod, of 491, River Avenue, Winnipeg
An extract from the London Gazette, dated 1st May, 1918, records the following:- "Whilst flying with his observer (Lt. A. W. Hammond, M.C.), attacking hostile formations by bombs and machine-gun fire, he was assailed at a height of 5,000 feet by eight enemy triplanes, which dived at him from all directions, firing from their front guns. By skilful manoeuvring he enabled his observer to fire bursts at each machine in turn, shooting three of them down out of control. By this time Lt. McLeod had received five wounds, and whilst continuing the engagement a bullet penetrated his petrol tank and set the machine on fire. He then climbed out on to the left bottom plane, controlling his machine from the side of the fuselage, and by side-slipping steeply kept the flames to one side, thus enabling the observer to continue firing until the ground was reached. The observer had been wounded six times when the machine crashed in " No Man's Land," and 2nd Lt. McLeod, not withstanding his own wounds, dragged him away from the burning wreckage at great personal risk from heavy machine-gun fire from the enemy's lines. This very gailant pilot was again wounded by a bomb whilst engaged in this act of rescue, but he persevered until he had placed Lt. Hammond in comparative safety, before falling himself from exhaustion and loss of blood."
Lt. Alan Arnott McLeod VC
Royal Air Force
from:Winnipeg, Canada
(d.6th Nov 1918)
Alan Mcleod died on 06/11/1918, Age: 19 and is buried in grave 238 in the Winnipeg (Old Kildonan) Presbyterian Cemetery in Winnipeg, Canada He was the son of Dr. A. N. McLeod and Margaret Lillian McLeod, of 491, River Avenue, Winnipeg.
An extract from the London Gazette, dated 1st May, 1918, records the following:- "Whilst flying with his observer (Lt. A. W. Hammond, M.C.), attacking hostile formations by bombs and machine-gun fire, he was assailed at a height of 5,000 feet by eight enemy triplanes, which dived at him from all directions, firing from their front guns. By skilful manoeuvring he enabled his observer to fire bursts at each machine in turn, shooting three of them down out of control. By this time Lt. McLeod had received five wounds, and whilst continuing the engagement a bullet penetrated his petrol tank and set the machine on fire. He then climbed out on to the left bottom plane, controlling his machine from the side of the fuselage, and by side-slipping steeply kept the flames to one side, thus enabling the observer to continue firing until the ground was reached. The observer had been wounded six times when the machine crashed in " No Man's Land," and 2nd Lt. McLeod, not withstanding his own wounds, dragged him away from the burning wreckage at great personal risk from heavy machine-gun fire from the enemy's lines. This very gailant pilot was again wounded by a bomb whilst engaged in this act of rescue, but he persevered until he had placed Lt. Hammond in comparative safety, before falling himself from exhaustion and loss of blood."
2nd Lt. Alan Arnett McLeod VC.
Royal Flying Corps 2 Squadron
from:Stonewall, Manitoba, Canada
(d.6th Nov 1918)
Alan McLeod was born on 20th of April 1899 in Stonewall, Manitoba, the son of a doctor. He enrolled in The 34th Fort Garry Horse in 1913 at age 14, but when the war started in 1914 Alan was sent home, as under age. When he became 18 he enrolled in the Royal Flying Corps in Toronto. After obtaining his pilotĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s licence at Long Branch near Toronto, he was sent to France on 20th of August 1917
He was originally posted to No. 82 Squadron flying scouts, but then transferred to 51 Squadron on Home Defence duties, flying the B.E. 12 at night. However he was transferred back to France in December 1917 with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant, where he was posted to No. 2 Squadron flying from Hesdigneul in northern France.
With Lt. Comber as his gunner, he was mentioned in dispatches for bringing down a Fokker and an observation balloon near Beauvin in January 1918. On 27th of March 1918 with his observer Lt. Arthur Hammond, in an Armstrong Whitworth F.K.8 he destroyed an enemy triplane and but they were immediately attacked by eight more, three of which they brought down. However their plane was hit and burst into flames and both pilot and observer were wounded. McLeod, by side slipping steeply, tried to keep the flames away from his observer, and when the machine finally crashed in No Man's Land, the young pilot, despite his own injuries, dragged his comrade from the burning wreckage and under heavy fire carried him to safety. McLeod was wounded three times in the side and Hammond was wounded six times. Hammond lost a leg but was awarded a bar for his Military Cross. McLeod received the Victoria Cross. He returned to Canada to recuperate but sadly died from Spanish flu on the 6th November 1918.
Cpl. Daniel McLeod
British Army 18th Btn. Middlesex Rgt.
from:Edinburgh
(d.20th August 1916)
Pte. Ernest McLeod
British Army 1/5 Sutherland & Caithness Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:11, Pole Street, Bolton, Lancs.
(d.4th Nov 1918 )
Ernest McLeod was the adopted son of my grandparents and volunteered for army service when war broke out. He was said to be 21 years old at the time. He served in Belgium and France and was said by the family to have been injured on four occasions, being repatriated to the UK on each occasion and returned to his unit after the first three but, unfortunately, died in Cromarty Military Hospital on the fourth occasion, it then being November 4th 1918.
He was to have been given a military funeral in Cromarty but my grandparents wanted him back home. They therefore travelled to Cromarty, claimed his body and had it trained back to Bolton. He is buried in the family grave at Christ Church Harwood, the funeral being attended by a Sergeant Major from his regiment who draped the coffin with a regimental flag. The coffin was lowered into the grave at 11:00 am and the sound of church bells could be heard from far and near as the armistice was declared.
I have to date been unable to trace any details of his birth or natural parentage or his war record which, I fear, may have been amongst those destroyed in the London Blitz. I will of course keep searching, he will be remembered.
Rfmn. Frederick William Mcleod MM.
British Army 18th (London Irish Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Wandsworth London
Frederick Mcleod, known as Old Mac was my Grandfather and he served throughout the first world war. He was at Loos and I believe he took part in the valiant Footballer of Loos incident. He won a Military Medal in Oct. 1918.
Having survived during the war he went to Ireland with the Black and Tans. He then tried to re-enlist in 1939 but was rejected as too old and served in the London Fire Brigade during the blitz, with all the danger and trauma that implies.
He survived until the 1980s and to us this brave hero was just Grandad.
Pte. George McLeod
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.15th Feb 1915)
Pte. George Mcleod
British Army 2nd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle-upon-Tyne
(d.15th Feb 1915)
George McLeod is my great grandfather and I have been trying to research him for a while. Sadly, I don't have any photos of him, only his war penny and certificates and his obituary in our local newspaper. He was born in December 1889 and died 15th February 1915. His father was William and his mother was Mary Jane (nee Cocking). This time next week I will be visiting the Menin Gate in Ypres where he is mentioned. I just wish I had a picture of him.
Pte. George McLeod
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Byker, Newcastle Upon Tyne
(d.15th Feb 1915)
George McLeod was my Great Grandfather, he was one of nine children and came from Byker near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, he was killed in action near St. Eloi near Ypres, to which I have just recently visited and saw his name listed on the Menin Gate wall, which was indeed a very moving experience. I only wish I had a picture of him.
Sgt. James Goodall Mcleod
British Army 5th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:New Pitsligo
Sgt. James Goodall Mcleod
British Army Gordon Highlanders
James Mcleod was my great grandfather. He joined The Gordon Highlanders in New Pitsligo, Aberdeen in February 1913 as a territorial. In 1915 he was posted to Bedford where he met and married my great grandmother her maiden name was Vines, shortly afterwards he was posted to France. In December 1916 he was wounded and declared unfit for active service. He then became a machine gun instructor for the remaining duration of the war. After the war my great grandparents settled in New Pitsligo.
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