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Pte. John McEwan
British Army 9th Btn. Black Watch
from:Falkirk, Scotland
(d.29th September 1915)
My great Uncle John McEwan was wounded at the Battle of Loos and died a few days later at a military hospital in Le Treport.
Pte. William McEwan
British Army 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.1st July 1916)
William McEwan served with 16th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and was aged 23 when he died on 1st July 1916. Born in Jarrow in 1893 he was the son of William and Euphemia McEwan of 1 Kent Villas Jarrow. On the 1911 census, William McEwan age 18 Drapers Assistant is listed as living with his parents William and Euphemia McEwan and family at 75 St. Paul's Road, Jarrow. He enlisted in Newcastle.
William is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Rflmn. McFadden
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Pte. Clealand George McFadden
Australian Imperial Force 42nd Btn.
from:Singleton, NSW
Clealand McFadden enlisted on the 22nd of March 1916 aged 29 years, a painter by occupation and a single man who returned to Australia after the war on 3rd of January, 1919. Clealand was recommended for a Military Medal for his action as a runner near Proyart on 12th of August 1918.
He had three brothers who also served including my grandfather Ronald Arthur McFadden of the 13th Battalion who served at Gallipoli and on the Western Front returning home in 1919. Their brother Robert Joseph McFadden of the 45th Battalion 8th reinforcements was killed at Messines aged 29 years on 9 June, 1917 and there is no known grave and his name is on the Menin Gate.
Pte. Felix McFadyen
British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
Felix McFadyen served with the Royal Scots Fusiliers and in the Labour Corps.
Pte. A. McFarland
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Rflmn. George Beech McFarland
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Dunmurry
My granddad, George McFarland, arrived in France sometime after the 1st of January 1916 where he served with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. His POW record states that he was captured at La Boisselle on the 9th July 1916 during the Battle of the Somme and taken to Dulmen POW Camp in Germany. Do not have a date for his repatriation.
When the war was over he served with 4th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles.
Pte. Alan McFarlane
British Army 9th Btn Black Watch
from:Methven Perthshire
(d.26th Sept 1915)
Alan McFarlane, my Great Uncle was killed in the Battle of Loos on 26th of September 1915, three weeks after his 21st birthday. He is buried in Noeux-Les-Mines Communal Cemetery, France
Pte. Colin McFarlane
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Highlanders
from:Isle of Lismore
Sapper Daniel McFarlane
British Army 250th Tunnelling Coy Royal Engineers.
from:Musselburgh
(d.24th Feb 1917)
Daniel McFarlane was my father's oldest brother who served in the military on two separate occasions. His ultimate sacrifice came about in Feb 1917 while he was serving with the Royal Engineers 250th Tunnelling Company.
Sjt. George McFarlane MID
British Army 18th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
18/47 Sjt George Macfarlane of the 18tn Bn Northumberland Fusiliers received a Mention in Dispatches on 7 April 1918 from Douglas Haigh, London Gazette issue 30698.
Pte. John McFarlane
British Army 4th Btn. King's Liverpool Regiment
from:Liverpool,
(d.22nd May 1918)
John McFarlane was the son of William and Margaret McFarlane, of 14, Gerard Street, Byrom Street, Liverpool. He served with the King's Liverpool Regiment 4th Battalion. A pre-war Territorial soldier who had been serving on the Western Front for three years McFarlane evidently decided that he had had enough and deserted the lines.He was executed for desertion on 22nd May 1918, aged 27. He is buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery in Belgium.
Pte. Nicholas McFarlane
British Army Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Jarrow
(d.1st Feb 1917)
Nicholas McFarlane served at the Depot with the Northumberland Fusiliers. He was aged 47 when he died on 1st February 1917. Born in Belfast, he died in South Shields. He had enlisted in Newcastle and was the husband of Margaret McFarlane (nee Parrette) of 4 Knight Street Jarrow.
Nicholas is buried in Jarrow Cemetery and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte Robert McFarlane
British Army 2nd Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
(d.10th Mar 1915)
Pte. Thomas McFarlane
British Army 596th M.T. Coy Army Service Corps
(d.23rd July 1917)
Private McFarlane was the Son of the late William McFarlane and Jessie McKissock McFarlane.
He was 27 when he died and is buried in the Cuddapah European Cemetery in India.
L/Cpl. James McFetridge
British Army 10th Btn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Thornliebank
James McFetridge enlisted at the outbreak of WW1 with the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He was wounded at the Battle of Loos by an exploding shell in both legs one of which had to be amputated. He was hospitalised in Clacton-on-Sea and discharged in Perth on 4th November 1916. He was a talented footballer and had signed to become professional just before the war.
L/Cpl James McFetridge
British Army 10th Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Main Street, Thornliebank, Renfrewshire, Scotland
James McFetridge was my great uncle. He enlisted in the 10th Btn Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders in August 1914. He was sent to France in the summer of 1915. His btn became part of the 27th brigade, 9th Division which took part in the Battle of Loos. James was seriously wounded which was reported in the Glasgow Evening times of 7th October 1915. He was eventually discharged on 4th November 1916 and lived until 1949. James previously worked in the Thornliebank printworks whose 1914-1916 Roll of Honour is now available online. It is held in the Glasgow City Archives, Mitchell Library
Pte. James McGachie
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
from:Edinburgh
(d.14th May 1915)
James McGachie was lost during fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium.He was 39 years old, brother of John McGachie of 75 Buccleuch Street, Edinburgh. James is remembered in Ypres on the Menin Gate.
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.
Pte. Thomas McGahan
British Army 19th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with19th DLI, 18th DLI , 195th Coy RE
Pte. Aloysius James McGann
Australian Imperial Force. 37th Btn.
from:Chiltern, Vic.
(d.7th June 1917)
Aloysius McGann was my grandfather. My Mother was born the year before he died and he did not ever see her. In a letter sent to his Mother, Private C.P.Archer wrote that he carried Al out of the trenches when he died so that he would get a decent burial. We don't know where. His name is on the honour roll at the Menin Gate in Ypres.
Company Sjt Mjr. McGargle
Army 2/9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. William McGarr
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham City
Took part in trench raid 5-6th June 1916 Wounded July-October 1916
Pte. James McGarrity
British Army 11th (Service) Battalion Highland Light Infantry
from:Port Glasgow
(d.5th Feb 1916)
Cpl. P. G. McGarrity
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Easington
Pte Joseph McGarry
British Army 1st Btn King's (Liverpool Regiment)
from:Liverpool
(d.19 May 1915)
Joseph was the son of Mrs Martha Jessop of Everton, Liverpool. He was killed in France in 1915 and was buried at Le Touret.
Pte. Joseph McGarry
British Army 1st Battalion Kings (Liverpool) Regiment
from:Liverpool
(d.19th May 1915)
Joseph McGarry was born in Liverpool 1886, he attested in March 1903 at the age of 17.
Joseph is the younger son of my Great Grandfather Patrick McGarry and Sarah Ann Farrell and the younger brother of my grandfather Thomas Patrick McGarry who was lost at sea on the SS Laurentic on the 25th of January 1917 along with 353 other souls.
Pte. E. S. McGaughery
British Army 3rd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
(d.6th March 1919)
Private McGaughery was 25 when he died and is buried in the north-west corner of the Ballintra Cemetery in Co. Monaghan, Ireland.
2nd Lt. Charles Abercrombie McGavin
British Army 18th Btn Hampshire Regiment
from:Essex
(d.24th Nov 1917)
One of seven children, Charles McGavin was born in West Ham in 1875, the son of Jamima, a widow who was born in Calcutta and had returned home. On 7th May 1896 at age 21 Charles was certified as a second mate on a foreign ship in the merchant service. On 24th Jan 1902 he was again certified and promoted to first mate now aged 27. In 1909 he married Elizabeth Spreadborough and by 1911 was living at 132 Charlton Lane, Charlton, Kent and is the father of Charles John born c1909 and Lora Bertha born c1911. His occupation according to the 1911 census is that of an Officer in the Mercantile Marine.
At the outbreak of WW1 Charles enlisted in the Army and was sent to Winchester where he joined the 7th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps as A/626 Rfn McGavin. It is assumed that due to his experience in the merchant service he was found to be suitable for a technical role and eventually ended up within the Signals section of the Btn achieving the rank of Sjt.
Following deployment to France in May 1915 with the Battalion, on 6th of November 1915, Sjt McGavin was given a commission to 2nd Lt and transferred to 18th Btn Hampshire Regiment, a home service Battalion. At some point during his time with the Hampshire's 2nd Lt McGavin found himself attached to 5th Btn King's Royal Rifle Corps and it was whilst carrying out his duties with the 5th that he died on 24th Nov 1917 aged 42.
Pte. Robert McGawley
British Army 20th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Ardwick, Manchester
(d.25th July 1916)
Private Robert McGawley was my late grandfather. He was killed in action and left behind a wife and young children. My late father was two years old at the time of his father's death.
God bless my grandfather, may he rest in peace. And thank you for giving your life for the freedom of future generations. We will never forget you and all the brave men who fought alongside you. God bless them all.
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