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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