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Pte. James Richard McGahan
British Army 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry
from:Jarrow
(d.21st Mar 1918)
James Richard McGahan served with the 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry.
He was aged 31 when he died on 21st March 1918.
Born in Wallsend in 1886 he was the son of John and Annie McGahan (nee Stevenson) of Jarrow. On the 1911 census
James Richard McGahan age 24 General Labourer in Shipyard is listed as living with his parents John and Annie McGahan and brother at 80 Union Street, Jarrow. He enlisted in Jarrow.
James is remembered on the Arras Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.