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Pte. John McLeod
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Scots
from:Leigh, Scotland
My grandfather, John McLeod, served with the 7th Royal Scots. He was on the second train for Liverpool which was diverted after the first train carrying half his battalion was involved in the collision at Gretna Green.
He went to Alexandria and Malta then on to Lemnos. They sailed to Gallipoli and landed on V Beach. He was badly wounded in the attack on H12 and was bayoneted as he lay in the trench. The bayonet pierced both cheeks. He was rescued when the Hampshires came up in relief but had to have his left arm amputated at the elbow. He was brought back to Britain. He was married twice and had six children and lived till he was seventy nine.
Pte. Malcolm McLeod
Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force 85th Overseas Btn.
from:New Waterford, N.S. Canada
(d.22 March 1918)
My Great Uncle, Malcolm McLeod died of shot wounds to the head, arms and legs on 22nd March, 1918. His Official Casualty Form reports that his wounds were received in action and that the #1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station tended to his wounds and recorded his death. Can anyone provide me with the location of the #1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station on 21st March, 1918?
I am having difficulties determining which battle that he was involved. What I know: The German "Kaiser's Battle or Ludendorff Offensive" commenced on the 21 March, 1918. The attack was on the British 5th and 3rd Army. The attack was launched in the St Quentin area and advanced to the line of the Somme. Pte McLeod was a member of the 85th Battalion and he was received by the #1 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station 21 March, 1918.
My hopes are to link Malcolm and the #1 C.C.C.S. with a location to determine where he was on 21 March 1918. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
Gnr. Thomas McLeod
British Army Forth Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
William Mcleod
British Army 6th Btn.
from:Edinburgh
Pte William McLeod
British Army 2nd Bn The Seaforth Highlanders
from:Rothes, Morayshire
(d.4th October 1917)
QMS. Francis Thomas McLintic
British Army Cameron Highlanders
from:Inverness
My grandfather Francis McLintic enlisted in Inverness in the Cameron Highlanders in 1906 and was injured at the Battle of the Somme. He was discharged due to shell shock and lived the rest of his life, as I understand it, in institutions of some sort until 1963 when he died in Edinburgh. His last residence was with the Little Sisters of the Poor in Gilmore Place, Edinburgh, although according to one of the nuns his last known address before that was "West House". I don't know where that is. I do not know where he stayed between being discharged and his ultimate death since his wife, my grandmother moved the entire family [my father and aunt and a couple of her younger sisters] down to England since her husband didn't recognize her any more. It is a sad story.
By chance a few years ago I googled the name of my grandfather's sister and as a result came into contact with that side of the family. They too did not know much about their uncle Frank since their mother never visited him although she talked fondly of him. It was a veil of silence over both parts of the family and indeed, when I was a child I was told he had been killed in the First World War. I had no photos of him or my great grandfather since my grandmother had burned them all. As a result of my googling efforts though I received a wonderful surprise - the reconnected side of the family sent me photos of him and my great grandfather and great grandmother as well as other photos of my father and aunt. The stigma of mental illness, I suppose, was so huge that people could not bring themselves to admit they had a relative who suffered from it. My grandmother lived the rest of her days in England, a staunch member of the local church, pretending she was a widow.
Pte. Douglas McLintock
British Army 11th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Glasgow, Lanarks
(d.27th Sep 1915)
My great great great Uncle Douglas McLintock and his brother had always been tales in my family, I don't know much about them. His brother Peter, died in WW1 as well, six months before he did Peter Gordon McLintock was in Princess Louise's (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders)as well. He died in battle with the 2nd Battalion.
Piper Peter Gordon McLintock
British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Glasgow
(d.2nd Mar 1915)
Peter McLintock was born in Glasgow on 17th May 1896. He went to school at Mossbank Industrial School, Glasgow. He enlisted on 3rd October 1911 at the age of 15 as a "boy". At the age of 18 he became a Private and on 6th July 1914 was appointed a Piper. He died on 2nd March 1915 and is buried at Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapell-D'Armentieres. He was awarded 1914 Star, Victory Medal and British Medal. This information has been found in British Army WWI Service Records on the Ancestry website.
Graham Seton Hutchison wrote "A Batmans Biography" which is about Peter McLintock. According to the story, Peter McLintock was batman to Graham Seton Hutchison. The story says Peter was an orphan, in reality, he lost his mother in 1903, but his father lived until 1931. An extract of the story appeared in the Western Mail (Perth) on 12th of October 1933.
1st Engr. Daniel McLoughlin
Mercantile Marine SS Cluden
(d.22nd October 1916)
Daniel McLoughlin, First Engineer, Mercantile Marine, served on board the SS Cluden and died age 33 on the 22nd October 1916 when the vessel was sunk by an enemy submarine. He is remembered at Jarrow Library and Tower Hill Memorial.
Daniel was born in Jarrow 1882 and was the husband of Florence McLoughlin (nee Lambert) of 115 Lydgate Terrace, Stanhope Road, South Shields. In the 1911 census Florence (23) married, is living at 112 Lydgate Lane with her parents, Thomas (67) a retired Master Mariner and Margaret (61) who have been married for 47 years and 9 of their 10 children survived. Only Florence is living with them and her husband is probably at sea. They have no children at that date.
Cpl. James C McLoughlin
British Army 103rd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Enfield, Co.Meath, Ireland
James McLoughlin enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery in November 1915 at Dover. He was sent to France with 103rd Siege Battery on 29 May 1916. 103rd Siege Battery was armed with two 12-inch railway mounted howitzers and served at Gommecourt during the Battle of the Somme. He remained with this battery for the remainder of the war and was wounded in March 1917 in the head and hand. He served in the Sudan and Cork after the war as a Sergeant.
103rd Siege Battery was commanded by Major Kenneth Douglas Hutchison for most of the war. Other officers who served during the war with this battery at various times were
- Captain John Carew Meredith,
- Lt.Charles Edward Reed,
- Lt Chadwick Nind Aytoun,
- 2/Lt Walter George White,
- 2/Lt Percy Tindell Maybury,
- Major A Notley,
- Capt. Francis Edward Rowland,
- Capt. H. Bamford,
- A/Capt. Edward Spalding,
- T/Capt. Edward Granville Eliot,
- 2/Lt. George Henry Edge,
- 2/Lt L.J. Ginnett,
- 2/Lt. James McIntosh Clark,
- 2/Lt. WWL Halkier,
- 2/Lt. Hugh Tristram Counsell,
- 2/Lt. Charles Palmer Nethton,
- 2/Lt/ D. Williams,
- 2/Lt. Reginald White Gridley,
- 2/Lt. Lowe.
Gunners who served included:
- 7769 Thomas H. Rooke,
- 8693 James William Carlisle,
- 16905 Richard Hogan,
- 18295 Ben Scott Redfern,
- 24084 Thomas Plowman,
- 28872 William Charles Bartholomew,
- 29896 William Henry Snook,
- 30862 Arthur Holt,
- 42878 William Page,
- 43138 Edwin Beaumont Faulkner,
- 46971 Arthur Merris Clatworthy,
- 47962 Wiliam J. Fogarty,
- 48152 Alfred J. Godfrey,
- 52057 Frank H. Bracey,
- 53558 Herbert Ripley,
- 57680 Arthur William C. Tyrer,
- 57681 Ernest Sheppard,
- 57682 Archibald L. Culliford,
- 57715 Thomas Ainscough,
- 57771 Charles H. Castro,
- 57786 Thomas W. Barrett,
- 57794 Henry Neal,
- 57809 William Maddams,
- 57820 Maurice Drummond Stirling,
- 57823 Thomas Shuttleworth,
- 57836 Ralph O. Beard,
- 57847 David H. Gilbert,
- 57851 James Whitfield,
- 57855 William Hill,
- 57865 Cecil E. Jory,
- 60540 William E Pellow,
- 62443 James E. Sale,
- 62499 Charles Henry Butler,
- 64050 Joseph Smith,
- 64073 Arthur Henry Dicken,
- 64107 George Mitchell Sutcliffe,
- 64168 Frank L. Chimes,
- 54232 Frank M. Stephens,
- 64280 George A. Fryer,
- 64404 Wilfred S. White,
- 64506 Malcolm Turner,
- 64549 Frank Ogden,
- 64666 Harry W. Ellis,
- 64667 Charles Tompkins,
- 64668 Henry Toogood,
- 64680 Henry Jones,
- 64694 Reginald C. Watsham,
- 64701 Ernest Burgess,
- 65486 Isaac Bell Armstrong,
- 65901 Daniel Mills Fry,
- 66074 Arthur Pickup,
- 66334 James Henry Smith,
- 66371 Henry B. Turner,
- 66386 William Christopher Singleton,
- 66608 John Strickland,
- 66822 George Edward Deighton,
- 67125 William George Castle,
- 67353 Percival Joseph Bowyer,
- 67960 Thomas Stanley Green,
- 68151 Stanley B. Wills,
- 70523 Frank Thomas May,
- 70589 Arthur Moore,
- 70828 James Walker Parker,
- 72451 Arthur Rayner Brown.
Lt. James Osborne McLoughlin
British Army 24th (1st Tyneside Irish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
This is the transcript from a letter written by my Great-Uncle, James Osborne McLoughlin. It is written to his maternal Uncle Tom and Aunt Mary in Ireland. I will let the letter speak for itself..
1st Ty Irish Battn 7th Camp Sutton Veny Warminster, Wilts. Nov 25th 1915. 24th Northumberland Fusiliers Dear Uncle Tom,
In another few days the call we have all been longing for will come & we shall proceed to the Front, whether in France or Serbia we do not know. Anyhow we go & in a very few days now. After 13 months hard training.
I suppose I'm ungrateful & unnatural to have kept silent all these years. I know I am, but still I have had you often in my thoughts & as you see, I'm not going away without saying "Goodbye" & ask your benediction. And say a prayer now & then for me "not that I may come back, for I don't expect that somehow & anyway I should be proud to die for the Cause" but that I may die, if I am to die, nobly and fighting bravely, worthy of the regiment I have the honour to be in and heroically as every Irish soldier does die.
I suppose, at least I've heard, that you did not approve of my action in joining the Army, to do & die for England! Why not? After all though she has been a bad sister, she is a sister & we must help her. Besides who would be out of such a fight. And do we want it said, when the war is over, that Ireland did not do her share. Oh! Tom, if ever an Irishman lived who worshipped every blade of grass in her green fields & every sod of turf from her brown bog I am he. And I am proud to think that the lads I shall lead into action a few days hence are Irish lads & that the music that will fall on our ears will be [are crossed out] the shrill notes of the old Irish war pipes. Indeed it would do you good to see the Tyneside Irish stripped for action 4,500 of the finest, hardest men that ever put on khaki.
This all sounds like an Apologia and I don�t mean it to be. I am 'writing just to tell you that in your regard I am the same James as I always was; that I love you just the same & want you to look on the many acts by which I led you to believe that I was ungrateful, unmindful of the old days and that that love was dead. And I'm sending you a photograph so that you may see that if the Army has done nothing else it has made a man of me. Did you ever think that the [unreadable] you used to [unreadable] would one day work [?] all day, sleep in the fields all night and work in trenches for 24 hrs in pelting rain as I have done lately?
There is very little about A. Mary here but ask her not to mind and tell her I mean this letter for you both. I hope you are both well & that she is now grown out of the bilious bouts. I have.
And lastly. If poor old Granny understands, Mother tells me she is very childish nowadays, just tell her I was asking for her & that I send her my love. And would you you who are so kind to everyone & whom everybody loves, at least they used to, do all that you can to make her last few days of life as easy & as comfortable as you can.
Goodbye now dear aunt & uncle.
I send you my best love & renew my request for a prayer that I may not fail or falter.
Your loving nephew
James McLoughlin Lt. 24th S B N
L/Cpl. John McLoughlin
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.7th May 1915)
John McLoughlin died of wounds sustained with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots in fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke. John is buried in Les Gonards Cemetery.
Pte. John McLoughlin
British Army 11th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:25 Broom St, Ardwick, Manchester
John McLoughlin was posted to 11th Battalion on the 6th of November 1914 He was wounded at Suvla Bay in Aug 1915 and sent to Egypt where he developed Dysentry, Colitis and Paratyphoid, then Bronchitis. A Furlough was granted 3/2/1916 to 15/3/1916 when he was a an enteric convalescent at Southern General Hospital He also attended 3 hospitals in Cleethorpes area - Albert Road Regimental, Brighowgate Military Hospital and St Aidans VAD Hospital. John was transferred to Class W army reserve on 30/04/1917 There is also an undated document stating transfer to 3rd Manchester G Company. His disability is listed as Chronic Bronchitis & Emphysema and he was awarded Silver War Badge number B10828 on 11th of October 1918.
The family unaware of exact date of death, only knowing it wasn't long after 1918. As he was already a widower before the start of the war, his two sons were brought up by relatives as orphans.
Pte. Laurence Mcloughlin
British Army 10th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Wigan
(d.15th Feb 1916)
Laurence Mcloughlin was killed in action at the Bluff. He was buried at Spoilbank Commonwealth War Cemetery.
Cpl. Patrick McLoughlin
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
(d.22nd Sep 1915)
Patrick McLoughlin is buried about 13 yards south-west of the ruin in the Banagher Old Graveyard, Co. Offaly, Ireland.
Pte. William McLoughlin
British Army
from:25 Broom St, Ardwick, Manchester
(d.20 Aug 1917)
William McLoughlin died of wounds and is buried in Adinkerke Cemetery.
Pte. John Joseph McLoy
British Army 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:73 College St, Dumbarton, Scotland
(d.11th Apr 1917)
John McLoy was the son of the late James McLoy, of 73 College St., Dumbarton
Pte. Adam McLucas
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Ireland
(d.3rd Nov 1918)
Adam McLucas was 34 when he died and is buried near the north west corner of the church in the Castlefin (St. Mary) Catholic Churchyard in Co. Donegal, Ireland. He was the brother of George McLucas of Lifford, Co. Donegal.
Sister. McMahon
Queen Alexandras Nursing Service No. 46 Stationary Hospital
Mch/Dvr. Augusta Mary McMahon
Women's Legion att Army Service Corps
(d.28th October 1918)
Mechanic Driver McMahon is buried about five yards south of the church in the Killeshin Church of Ireland Churchyard, Killeshin, Co. Leix, Ireland.
Rfmn. James Joseph McMahon MM.
British Army 6th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
from:Wallasey
My grandfather James McMahon never talked about the war. I discovered this photo and his discharge papers after his death in 1977. They indicate that he had a military medal with one wound stripe and three blue chevrons. Recent research showed that he served in France and Belgium and was awarded a Silver War Badge. He served from 1915 to 1919 and was discharged as surplus to requirements.
Pte. John McMahon
British Army Royal Munster Fusiliers
(d.2nd Sep 1916)
John McMahon enlisted in Clydebank in the Connaught Rangers and later served with the Royal Munster Fusiliers. He died from wounds age 20 on the 2nd September 1916 and is buried in Netley Cemetery. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals. John was born in Jarrow in 1896, son of James and Frances McMahon nee Burke of 48 John Knox Street, Clydebank, Glasgow.
Pte. John McMahon
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Shieldrow
John McMahon was wounded in August 1916
Pte. John McMahon
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Clones, Co. Monaghan, Ireland
(d.2nd Oct 1915)
John McMahon, born in Cara Street in Clones in 1892 was one of those who never came home. The youngest of the 13 children of William & Mary McMahon, John grew up in a staunch nationalist home environment, with his mother and many of his siblings taking an active role in the struggle for Irish independence. The harsh economic realities of life in the early years of the 20th century drove John down a different path and seen him enlisting in the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers. For many young men of his generation the British Army offered an opportunity for gainful employment and the excitement of travelling to the far corners of the then flourishing British Empire.
Before the outbreak of World War 1 John was stationed in India, but in 1915 as hostilities escalated, John`s regiment was recalled to England prior to being deployed to the Western Front. Hoping he would be given some rest and relaxation after the seven week arduous journey on the high seas, John penned a letter to his mother back home in Clones. It would be the last contact Mary McMahon had with her youngest son.
Dear Mother, Just a few lines hoping to find you well as I am well myself. We arrived in England on the 21st of this month, we were 7 weeks on the water. I got your letter when we arrived in camp. We are in Winchester Camp and it is very cold. We don't know when we are for the front. I expect it won't be very long. We might get 5 days pass, if I do you can expect me home in a couple of days. Goodbye, Wright soon Johnie.
Private John McMahon, aged 23 years, died by a sniper`s bullet on Saturday 2nd of October 1915. His mortal remains lay in Hangard Communal Cemetery in the Somme region of Northern France.
Pte. Patrick McMahon
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
(d.1st May 1915)
Patrick McMahon was the son of Stephen and Ellen McMahon, of O'Brien's Bridge, Limerick. He is remembered on the Helles Memorial.
L/Cpl. Philip Patrick McMahon
British Army 9th Service Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Hexham
(d.9th April 1917)
Pte Thomas McMahon
Canadian Expeditionary Forces Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry
from:Lurgan, Co Armagh
(d.19th March 1915)
Thomas McMahon was born in Lurgan, County Armagh, Ireland on 14th January, 1878, the son of John and Rose Ann. At some point Thomas immigrated to Canada.
At the outbreak of the Great War he enlisted with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. As this regiment was particularly wanting men with military service, it would have been appropriate for Thomas to enlist with them as he had served for 8 years with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He enlisted in August 1914.
Thomas was killed in action at the Battle of St Eloi on Friday 19th of March 1915 just 8 months after enlistment, he was 36 years old. He is buried in Voormezeele Enclosure No 3, in Belgium.
I have visited his grave and placed a poppy cross on it as a mark of respect and appreciation. He is also remembered with pride on our local War Memorial in Lurgan. His next of kin, on his Attestation Paper is given as his half brother, William Morrison, 213 Willington Street, Kingston, Ontario. Some of his family connections are still in Lurgan and some are also in Canada, as I met with them briefly a few years ago when they were over to Ulster on a visit.
Thomas's brother, John McMahon, died of wounds whilst fighting with the 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on Sunday 8th November 1914, just 4 months before Thomas. Both men would have served together with the "Skins". John had probably served continuously since 1886 as his army number remained the same, 6486.
I run a small voluntary museum in Brownlow House, Lurgan. "Lest we Forget"
Sgt. William Bernard McMahon
British Army 16th (St Pancras) Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:London
(d.7th Oct 1916)
Sergeant McMahon was born in 1889, the son of James and Agnes McMahon of 50 Howland Street, Tottenham Court Road, London. He was the husband of Elsie Louise (later Mallows of 73 Stanhope Street, Euston Road, London.)
He was in one of the so-called Pals Battalions, the 16th (St Pancras) Battalion of the Rifle Brigade. This Battalion arrived in Le Havre, France on 8th March 1916 and fought in the Battles of the Somme. He died from his injuries on 7th October 1916 aged 27 years. RIP
Pte. John McMands
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Christopher McManigan
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
from:Dublin
(d.5th Jul 1916)
Christopher McManigan served with the 2nd Royal Irish Regiment.
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