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Pte. Charles Mcgeachy MM.
British Army 12th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Glasgow
Charles Mcgeachy was awarded the Military Medal.
Sgt. John McGeachy
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Pte. W. J. McGearey
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
W McGearey was discharged in 1917 Sick
Pte. Arthur McGeary
British Army 8th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
(d.26th Sept 1915)
My great grandfather, Arthur McGeary, served with the 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment. He was killed in action on 26th of September 1915 at Loos. He was 50 years old and is remembered on the Loos Memorial. From what I gather he was awarded the Victory British Star Medal. Arthur worked at the Shipyard of Swan Hunter in Wallsend, Newcastle upon Tyne, his name is also on their War Memorial. My dad was named after his grandfather.
Pte. Reynolds McGeary
British Army 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers
from:Jarrow
(d.2nd May 1915)
Reynolds McGeary served with the 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers. He was aged 29 when he died on 2nd May 1915. He was born in Jarrow in 1886, the son of Reynolds McGeary. He enlisted in Newcastle as a regular soldier, on the 1911 census he is listed as Reynolds McGeary age 23 a Private with 1st Battalion King's Own Scottish Borderers, his father Reynolds McGeary and his stepmother Annie McGeary are at 32 Dock Street, Tyne Dock, South Shields. He was the brother of Mr. J. McGeary of 21 Stanley Street Jarrow.
Reynolds is remembered on the Helles Memorial.
Arthur McGee
British Army 3rd Battalion South Wales Borderers
from:Brampton, Cumberland
(d.1919)
Arthur McGee died in Mhow of appendicitis in 1919.
Pte. Bernard McGee
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.18th Jan 1915)
Bernard McGee, Private 10321 is remembered on the Ypres Menin Gate Memorial.
2/Lt. Eustace J V McGee
Royal Air Force
(d.12th February 1919)
Second Lieutenant Eustace J V McGee, son of Mrs. E. Detmold, Rotherfield, Sussex. Served with the Royal Air Force.
He died on 12th February 1919 age 20 years and is buried in St. Andrews Churchyard. He is remembered on The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Pte James McGee
British Army 4th Btn Black Watch
from:Dundee
(d.28th Nov 1915)
James and the 4th Battalion disembarked in Le Havre, France on February 26th 1915. Over the next seven months the Battalion fought in several battles and suffered heavy casualties. When the Battalion arrived in France they had 900 men, but by September 24th this had dropped to 423 fighting men. At the Battle of the Loos another 230 were killed or wounded. At this stage the Battalion had lost so many men it amalgamated with 2nd Battalion Black Watch.
4th Battalion resumed their own identity on the 6th of November when they transferred to 139th Brigade, 46th (North Midland)Division. It was shortly after this that James was shot and captured as a POW, he was transferred to Wesel Military hospital on the 13th November. Red cross files indicate James had been shot in the right shoulder and later died in hospital due to Sepsis on the 28th November 1915
James in now buried in the Cologne Southern Cemetery, Nordrhein-Westfalen at grave reference XI. F. 5
Sjt. Lewis McGee VC.
Australian Imperial Force. 40th Btn.
from:Avoca, Tasmania
(d.12th Oct 1917)
Sgt. Lewis McGee VC.
Australian Army 40th Btn. Australian Infantry
from:Avoca, Tasmania
(d.12th Oct 1917)
Lewis McGee was killed in action 12/10/1917, aged 29. Buried in the Tyne Cot Cemetery in Belgium. He was the son of John and Mary McGee, of Ross, Tasmania; husband of Eileen Rose McGee, of Avoca, Tasmania.
An extract from "The London Gazette" No. 30400, dated 23rd Nov., 1917, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery when, in the advance to the final objective, Serjt. McGee led his platoon with great dash and bravery, though strongly opposed, and under heavy shell fire. His platoon was suffering severely and the advance of the Company was stopped by machine gun fire from a ' Pill-box ' post. Single-handed Serjt. McGee rushed the post armed only with a revolver. He shot some of the crew and captured the rest, and thus enabled the advance to proceed. He re-organised the remnants of his platoon and was foremost in the remainder of the advance, and during consolidation of the position he did splendid work. This Non-commissioned Officer's coolness and bravery were conspicuous and contributed largely to the success of the Company's operations. Serjt McGee was subsequently killed in action."
Pte. M. McGee
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Patrick McGee
Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 6th Battalion
from:St. Canices, Kilkenny
(d.27th Apr 1916)
Great Uncle Patrick McGee is remembered at the Loos memorial in France. His brother Paul, rests about a mile away at the St. Marys ADS cemetery. My family and I travelled from Australia to the battlefields of France including the Normandy beaches of WW2 and the Somme of WW1.
Pte. Paul McGee
Royal Irish Regiment 6th Battalion
from:St. Canices, Kilkenny
(d.16th Jun 1916)
Great Uncle Paul McGee rests at the St. Marys ADS cemetery in France. His brother Peter, rests about a mile away at the Loos memorial. My family and I travelled from Australia to the battlefields of France including the Normandy beaches of WW2 and the Somme of WW1.
Pte. T. McGee
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Hirst
T McGee was wounded in August 1916
Pte. Matthew Patrick McGeehan
British Army 2nd Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Clapton, London
(d.29th Dec 1914)
L/Cpl. Michael "Spud" McGeeney MM.
British Army Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Hartlepool
Michael McGeeney was severly wounded 3 times during the time he served in France. He was awarded the MM for galantry, apparently it would of been the Victoria Cross ... but he was Irish. He was given leave to return to Hartlepool, where they had a brass band waiting for him.
His nick name was Spud McGeeney and he was known as the Mushroom King, as he knew where to find them. He was also in the Royal Navy at some point on HMS Dido.
Pte James Mcgeown
British Army 3rd (Armagh Light Infantry) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Lurgan, N I
Gnr. John McGetrick
British Army 168th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Westbury-on-Severn
(d.21st October 1918)
Pte. James McGhee
British Army 5th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Daley, Scotland
(d.29th October 1916)
Pte. John McGhee
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
from:Edinburgh
(d.22nd Apr 1915)
John McGhee lost his life with the 1st Battalion Royal Scots fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke. He was aged 26, the son of John and Margaret Wilson McGhee of 85 Westport, Edinburgh. John is remembered in Ypres at the Menin Gate.
Pte. John McGhie
British Army 2nd Btn. Cameron Highlanders
from:Glasgow
(d.3rd Oct 1916)
Bmbdr. Adam J. McGibbon
British Army 306th Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery
(d.27th Nov 1917)
Adam McGibbon was serving with C"Battery, 306th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery as a Bombardier when he was killed in action on 27th of November 1917. He was 20 years old. Adam is buried at Orival Wood Cemetery, Fresquieres, France.
Pte. James McGill
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
(d.1st Mar 1918)
James McGill is named on the Arras Memorial
Pte. John McGill
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
(d.1st July 1916)
John McGill is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Cpl. William George McGill MM.
British Army 105th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
William McGill served with 105th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery.
Rflmn. James McGimpsey
British Army 11th Btn., D Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.1st July 1916)
James McGimpsey was killed on 1st July 1916 and was buried in Mill Road Cemetery, Thiepval, Grave VI.C.4. He was the 19-year-old grandson of Martin McGimpsey, Loughries, Newtownards, Co. Down.
Spr. Michael McGinley
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Larganreagh, Mevagh
Sapper McGinley was the husband of Mary McGinley, of Larganreagh, Mevagh.
He was 40 years old when he died on the 12th April 1919. He is buried in the South of South-East corner of the Church in the Clontallagh (Mevagh) Graveyard, Co. Donegal, Ireland.
Pte. F. McGinn
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Dipton
F McGinn was wounded in January 1918
Gnr. Henry Joseph McGinn
British Army 112th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Falmouth, Cornwall
Henry McGinn served with 112th Heavy Battery, RGA.
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