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L/Cpl. William McClean
British Army 13th (1st County Down) Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dundrum
(d.15th Nov 1916)
Sergeant R J McCleary
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Tonaghmore, Banbridge
(d.22nd July 1915)
This is a photo of my great-grandad, Sgt R J McCleary, Service No 4775 of the 1st Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. He was the son of Robert McCleary of Tonaghmore,Banbridge and husband of Amy McCleary, of Saul St., Down Patrick, County Down. He died on Thursday 22nd July 1915 at the age of 27, and is buried at Merville Communal Cemetry, Nord, France.
I am visiting his grave in August as my Nana (who sadly has died) always wanted to visit her father's grave but never got the chance.
A. McCleery
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Rfmn. David McClelland
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.17th Oct 1914)
David was my grandfather Robert McClelland's brother. He was born in Belfast on 5th May 1885 to John and Sarah. He served with the Royal Irish Rifles and is registered in the 1901 Census as in 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles so must have switched to 2nd Battalion before embarking for France in August 1914. He died of wounds on 17th October 1914 and is buried in Bethune Town cemetery. Other than this I know nothing about him. His service record is not available.
Rfmn. James Arthur McClelland
British Army 13th Btn. A Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Cottown, Ballygrainey, Down
(d.16th Aug 1917)
Rflmn. James McClelland
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Newtownards, Down
(d.6th Aug 1917 )
Pte. Robert McClelland
British Army 594th MT Coy. Army Service Corps
from:Blantyre
(d.12th Sep 1917)
Robert McClelland was the son of Hugh and Grace McClelland of Hamilton, Scotland. I have no idea what happened to him but he is buried in Westouter Churchyard, West Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Rfm. Samuel David McClelland
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Newtownards, Down
Rflmn. William John McClelland
British Army 13th Battalion, B Company Royal Irish Rifles
from:Newtownards, Down
William John McClelland served in B Company, 13th Battalion Royal Irish Rifles in the 36th (Ulster) Division. According to his battalion's war diary, he was reported missing following the Battle of the Somme on 1st of July 1916. Records show he had been shot in the neck and was taken prisoner by the Germans at Thiepval. He was held at the Minden POW camp.
Rflmn. William James McClements
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Shankill, Belfast
(d.21st March 1918)
Pte. Patrick McClennan
British Army 107th Field Ambulance Royal Medical Corps
from:Liverpool
(d.16th Jul 1918)
Capt. Thomas Andrew McClintock
British Army Army Veterinary Corps
from:Letterkenny, Donegal, Eire
This text was sent to me by a Canadian relative,
A Hero Of St. Eloi. Captain T. A. Mcclintock's Gallantry.
An Irish newspaper just to hand contains particulars supplied by a gentleman of Derry, of the heroic conduct of Captain T A McClintock a brother of Dr S. A. McClintock (Chief Health Officer of Tasmania) at the battle of St Eloi in France. Before he was unfortunately severely wounded at St Eloi.
McClintock had been previously wounded while serving with the Army Veterinary Corps attached to the Royal Horse Artillery at Antwerp. He was sent back to England, but upon his recovery joined the Royal Field Artillery in his capacity of a veterinary surgeon and served with them for a considerable time before the battle of St Eloi.
Captain McClintock after being wouneled in seven places at St Eloi was again sent to England to Lady Mason's Hospital where the story of his exploits was learn from wounded comrades. They described Captain McClintock as an officer who was known throughout the Artillery Brigade to which he was attached as the man who saved the guns at St Eloi and who got his wounds doing a brave act. He had just returned from attending to sick and wounded horses, when he heard that the Germans had rushed the trenches and that the Artillery observation station had been blown up thus cutting off all communication. He saddled his pony and galloped off to get news of the situation, as he was well acquainted with the enemy's position. His horse was killed as he was returning, but he managed to get back in an exhausted condition and streaming with blood to tell his news. Then the guns thundered again and drove the enemy back. Captain Mc- Clintock was described as being a great favourite with officers and men to whom he was known is "No Surrender Mac."
Dr. McClintock has received a letter from his wounded brother, in which the latter describes the incident as only the fulfilment of his duty. He adds that he soon hopes to be off again for the third time, fit and well. He says "No doubt some attacks are pretty stiff, but with the artillery they are always interesting. I am not in any real danger, unless I got a direct hit from a shell, which I always take good care to avoid. Otherwise the war is good sport, and the best of fun at times."
Belgian Order for Bravery.
A home paper dated May 10th states that Captain T. A. McClintock, brother of the Chief Health Officer has been given the Belgian order for bravery. He has been at the front almost from the beginning of the war, and in March he was wounded whilst assisting in reconnoitring. It was on this occasion he earned the Order.
Able Sea. Edward Alan McClure
Royal Navy
Alan McClure served in the Royal Navy.
Pte. James McClure
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
from:Abercromby Street, Glasgow
My great-uncle James McClure served with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots from March 2015 until the war ended when he re-enlisted and served with the Military Mission in Bulgaria.
I'm still trying to piece together all the details but it looks as though he was acting as some sort of courier between Sofia and Constantinople between 1919 and Mar 1920. He married a Russian girl in January 1920 and in March 1920 he was shot dead by a member of the Bulgarian Secret Police during an altercation.
Gnr. Robert Calderwood McClure MM.
British Army 103rd Bde. A Bty. Royal Field Artillery
Robert Calderwood McClure won the Military Medal in Italy (date of Gazette was 21st October 1918). He was part of "A" Battery.
2nd Lt. T. A. McClure
Royal Air Force Connaught Rangers
from:Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire
(d.28th May 1918)
Second Lieutenant McClure was the Son of Mrs. McClure, of 7, Burdett Avenue, Sandycove, Dun Laoghaire.
He is buried About 4 yards West of the East path in the Toberclare Catholic Churchyard, Kilkenny, Co. West Meath, Ireland.
Rflmn. T. James McClure
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st September 1916)
Rifleman McClure was the son of Sarah and the late Lazey McClure of Lisburn. He was the husband of Margaret McClure, 25 Ballynahinch Road, Lisburn.
He was 20 years old when he died and is buried in Ration Farm (La Plus Douve) Cemetery Annexe, Grave II.C.24.
Pte. William McClure
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Howood, Renfrewshire, Scotland
(d.11th Nov 1916)
William McClure is interred at the Kemmel Chateau Military Cemetery.
Pte. James McCluskey MM.
British Army 6th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
from:Jarrow
(d.25th Nov 1918)
James McCluskey MM served with the 6th Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers. Born in Jarrow in 1885, he was aged 33 when he died on 25th November 1918.
James is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Pte. Peter McCluskey
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Cpl. Thomas McCluskey
British Amry 1st Battalion Irish Guards
from:Dublin, Ireland
(d.6th Nov 1916)
Thomas McCluskey served with the 1st Btn. Irish Guards and died on the 6th of November 1916.
RSM James McClymont DCM.
British Army 9th Battalion Royal Sussex
from:Graveley, Hertfordshire
My grandfather,James McClymont, joined the 9th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment in Chichester on the 7th September 1914, aged 23 yrs and 4 months. His occupation was motor mechanic and before war broke out he was working as the Chauffeur to Lord Jowett. As some of his documentation was partially burnt during WW2, there is only sparse information about him. He served in France and Belgium, and took part in nearly all the engagements. He was awarded the Distingiushed Conduct medal in 1919, the announcement appeared in the London Gazette dated 15/5/1919.
He was a very quiet man, and would never talk about the war, even to his family. We do know that he went back to visit Ypres after the war,(and the memorial on the Menin Gate), where he and his two brothers had fought. All three brothers survived the war, although James' brother John, died at an early age, probably due to being gassed on 17/4/1918.
Pte James McClymont
British Army 2nd Battalion South Lancashire Regiment
from:Workington, Cumberland
(d.22nd March 1918)
James McClymont was born to George and Annabella McClymont of Workington, Cumberland. Jimmy died on Friday, 22nd March 1918, aged 19, in an area around Maricourt Wood. The enemy attack was likely to be Operation Michael which was the start of the 1918 Spring Offensive. He is commemorated at Pozieres Memorial, France.
The day before his death, 21st March 1918, his older brother George was also killed. This happened about 7 miles away. George was 21 years old. He is commemorated in the Arras Memorial, France.
Pte. Charles Frederick McColl
British Army 1/4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:6 Bramham Avenue, Hull
(d.28th Dec 1917)
Charles McColl was a shipyard plater and therefore exempt from military service but he voluntarily joined the Army on 7th of September 1914. He enlisted into the 11th East Yorkshire Regiment in 1914 and at the end of 1915 sailed to Egypt before the battalion was recalled to the Western Front.
In September 1916 his unit had been holding the line near Neuve Chapelle when he was wounded by a shell and invalided home with heart failure. Upon his return to France he was posted to the 4th East Yorkshire Regiment but soon went absent receiving a sentence of 10 years imprisonment. On the 28th October 1917 Private McColl absconded from his platoon which was in brigade support near Houlthult Forest in the Ypres sector leaving behind his rifle and equipment. Four days later he was arrested in Calais after enquiring about a rest camp and stating he was on his way to England.
At his court-martial he was not represented and detailed his nervous condition and inability to control himself when in the trenches. No medical examination was ordered. He was tried by Field General Court Martial on a number of occasions but the final, fatal proceedings took place at Brandhoek on 21 December 1917. One of the two members of the court, Captain C.J.A. Pollock, was from the defendantĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s own unit and although they were assisted by a Court Martial officer, Captain F.S.A. Baker, Private Charles McColl was undefended and was sentenced to death. He was held in a military prison at Brandhoek then on the eve of his execution brought to the prison at Ypres when he was told of confirmation of the sentence of death. As dawn approached he was manacled and blindfolded with a reverse gas mask and taken out and strapped to a chair and shot. This story is told by Julian Putkowski in his book "Shot At Dawn" (The Sad Campaign to Secure Millennium Pardons for British and Commonwealth Soldiers Executed during the First World War) The disciplinary regime exercised by the British Army during the First World War was truly draconian and I still believe that the conditional pardon does not represent an adequate acknowledgement of the disgraceful fashion in which these men were culled and the hardships endured by many relatives and dependents. (This comment from Julian Putkowski re: British Govt Pardon to Executed Soldiers, Section 359 of the Armed Forces Act 2006)
Private C. F. McColl, 1/4th Bn. East Yorkshire Regiment was executed for desertion 28/12/1917.
Update: There are lots of errors in the original story of McColl. For example, he never went to Egypt, he was AWOL. These are often repeated from data in a very poorly researched book on those shot at dawn. Vanessa, who submitted the text, is aware and has seen our research.
We recently held a service for him as the Padre at his execution refused him his right to a Christian burial. Our UK and Belgian researchers have tried but can find no other instance of this having occurred.
The Hull People's Memorial adds to the story.
The above images are copyright (c) 2014 Hull People's Memorial. Alan Brigham
CSM. Donald Robert McColl
British Army 10th Btn. King's Liverpool Regiment
from:Liverpool
(d.15th Dec 1918)
Company Sergeant Major Donald McColl was my grandad. He drank poisoned water while in France, came home, then died. There was full military funeral with gun carriage on Smithdown Road. He is buried in Toxteth Cemetery, Smithdown Road, Liverpool. I'd like more information if possible.
Rfm Francis McComb
British Army 11th (South Antrim) Btn Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dunmurry
Rflmn. Francis McComb
British Army 11th Service Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dunmurry
Rfm. James McComb
British Army 11th (South Antrim) Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dunmurry
Pte. John McComb
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
(d.1916)
John McComb is burried in Flat Iron Copse Cemetery
Pte. Herbert James McCombie
British Army 10th Btn. London Regiment
(d.29th May 1918)
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