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Lt. Ronald Alison McInnis
Australian Imperial Force 26th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
Ronald Alison McInnis was born near Mackay, Queensland, on 20th November 1890. Educated at Maryborough Grammar School, he trained for several years as an apprentice surveyor in Mackay and also qualified as a computing draughtsman. On 8th October 1912, McInnis was registered as an authorised surveyor. The 24-year-old enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 21st May 1915 and left Brisbane with the 26th Infantry Battalion aboard HMAT Ascanius on 24th May 1915.
McInnis was deployed to Gallipoli in September that year and spent the next two months rotating in and out of the trenches before being tasked with surveying the extensive tunnel system at Quinn's Post. Gallipoli was evacuated before he could finish his plan for the tunnel system, and during December 1915 he was transferred to the 8th Field Company of the Royal Australian Engineers. McInnis finished his plan for Quinn's Post early the following year and in June was sent to the Western Front. In September he was made an officer and on the same day as his promotion was transferred to the 53rd Infantry Battalion. From then on McInnis served at the front line with the battalion, his duties including trench construction and repair, and acting as a liaison officer to other battalions. His diary entries describe in great detail the battles in which he participated. One such entry depicts McInnis' brush with death in October 1916 while at the front. He was about to take a rest when a salvo of shells landed nearby. As McInnis looked to see where they had landed he noticed the wall of the trench he was in falling towards him. At first he struggled to free himself from the soft earth, but as it settled and compressed he realised it was slowly crushing him. Fortunately, members of his unit saw what had happened and managed to dig him out. In 1917 he attended several training courses, received a promotion to lieutenant, and participated in the battle at Passchendaele. McInnis' last major action on the front would be at the pivotal battle of St. Quentin Canal in September 1918.
After the Armistice McInnis went to London, and on 23d March 1919 he left for Australia. He later married and went on to have an extensive career in town planning. Ronald McInnis died at Hobart, Tasmania on 8th May 1982.
Cpl. Daniel McIntee
British Army 14th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
(d.26th Nov 1917)
Daniel McIntee served with the 14th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.
Pte. Colin McKenzie McIntosh
British Army 6th Btn. Dorsetshire Regiment
from:Aberdeen
(d.3rd Oct 1918)
L/Cpl Duncan McIntosh
British Army 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Muir of Oex
(d.9th April 1917)
Duncan McIntosh served with 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders. I have found a photograph of a wooden cross with an inscription showing my great uncle's details and date of death.
Hugh McIntosh
Royal Naval Reserve HMS Flint
(d.26th October 1916)
Hugh McIntosh was killed whilst serving on HMS Flint from a torpedo attack during the Battle of Dover Straits. He was a fisherman from Avoch in the Black Isle, Ross-shire, Scotland.
Pte. John McIntosh
British Army 1st Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Jarrow
(d.24th Nov 1916)
John McIntosh served in the 1st Battalion, the Seaforth Highlanders and died on the 24th November 1916. He is remembered at Monkton Memorial and is buried in Amara War Cemetery in Mesopotamia (Iraq). His medal card records the award of the War and Victory Medals.
John was born in Hebburn 1889 son of John and Annie Grant McIntosh nee McGregor of Hebburn. He was married to Elizabeth Minnie McIntosh nee Waister of High House Cottage, Monkton, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 30 Cuthbert Street, Hebburn with John(46) a ships plater and his wife of 21 years Ann(39)having nine children all singe and at this address. John(21) general labourer at chemical plant, Simon(18)ships platers helper, William(16) ships platers apprentice, Elizabeth(13), Barbara(11), Angus(8) and Hector(5) at school. Alexander is 2 and Ann is 3 months old.
Sgt. John Durrant McIntosh
British Army 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
(d.3rd March 1918)
Sgt John Durrant McIntosh was my Great Uncle.
Lsg.Sea. Leonard Victor McIntosh
Royal Navy SS Baron Ailsa
from:Jarrow
(d.9th May 1918)
Leonard Victor McIntosh served on board the SS Baron Ailsa and died age 20 on the 9th May 1918 when the vessel was sunk.
Leonard was born in Pelaw and lived in Jarrow. He was the son of Robert and Hannah Elizabeth McIntosh nee Forster of 6 Connaught Terrace, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 12 Pearson Place, Jarrow with Robert(35) a marine engine fitter and his wife of 14 years Hannah Elizabeth(43) having had 8 children and 7 survived all of whom are at or below school age. Leonard Victor 13, Grace 11, Richard 9, Robert 7, Doris Ellen 5, Sidney 3 and George who is 7 months old.
Sgt. Peter McIntosh MM.
British Army 255 Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Aberdeen
My grandfather, Peter McIntosh never spoke of the war. During the duration, he had received the Military Medal for bravery in the field. He never spoke of this to anyone. We are trying to find any information regarding how he had gained this. On the side of the medal it has his name and number. Any information would be wonderful to share with the other family members. His name also appeared in a supplement to the London Gazette on 23rd of July 1919 on page 9350. In other information I have it states that it was for "acts of gallantry and devotion to duty under fire".
Rfn. Robert McIntosh MM.
British Army 7th Bn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Atherstone, Warwickshire.
My grandfather was Robbie McIntosh, a signaller in the 7th Battalion of the Kings Royal Rifle Corps. He joined up on the 1st Sep 1914 (under age) in Crystal Palace and survived until the end of the war. He won a Military Medal for gallantry on 2nd June 1917 which was awarded by Captain M.J. St. Aubyn. We believe the medal was given when he volunteered to keep the communication lines open and crawled for many days in the mud of No Man's Land. He ran out of food and was disorientated from the shelling. He was lucky to survive. I am in possession of his papers and the award notification.
Robert McIntosh also had an older brother, Charles (Chas), who served in India (North West Frontier Expedition Medal) and France (the Retreat from Mons on the 15th July 1914, with Kitchener's Army). He became a Sgt Major, also won the Military Medal, and was apparently Mentioned in Despatches.
I also have a copy of a sad poem, "Egypt Lost", that has both my grandfather's name and that of Rifleman J.C. Lapworth, 8th Battalion written on the paper. My grandfather did not write the poem and we concluded that Rfn. Lapworth wrote it, but are not certain.
Tell me not in mournful numbers
Egypt’s but an empty dream
And the Staff that often blunders
Is the washout that they seem.
Mugs we are, as Mugs returning
To the trenches as before
With out hearts in anger burning
We, the Scapegoats of the Corp.
From the trenches, East of Ypres
We returned and blessed the day
And we mocked the Hunnish Snipers
As we West-ward wound our way
Off we went our hearts all joyous
Going to a brighter land
Where we hoped they’d soon employ us
Digging trenches in the sand.
Gladly did we send our spare kit
To the Quartermasters store
Full of Souvenirs we packed it
For we hoped we’d see no more
You; You land of Mud and Water
And it made the fellows smile
For they thought that Pharaoh’s daughter
Called them to the Sunny Nile.
But the shining vision vanished
When the order came to stay
And our fondest hopes were banished
That we’d ever get away.
Mugs we are, as Mugs returning
To the trenches as before
Doomed to rot in mud and water
Till the Hun has Lost the War.
Pte. William Alexander McIntosh
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
McIntyre
Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Sgt. Alex McIntyre
British Army 1st Btn Irish Guards
from:Londonderry, Co. Derry
(d.5th Aug 1917)
Colour Sjt. Alexander McNeil McIntyre
British Army 1/4th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Loudoun Kirk, Galston, Scotland
I recently had a trip to the battlefields of WWI in Northern France (Vimy, Ypres etc) and went there completely oblivious to the fact that I was walking in my Great Great Uncle's footsteps. It was only in April 2011 that I was told of the medals which my grandmother has from him. She has two of the three that he should have, The British Victory medal, War medal and the 1914/15 Star, the latter I don't know what happened to. My Grandmother had been told that he had died in the war but I was sceptical as I could find no record of his death. In July 2011 I had another shot and found that he had survived. It wasn't until late August/early September when I found out that he had emmigrated to the USA to start a family.
Pte. Archibald McIntyre
British Army Cameron Highlanders
from:St Johns Town of Dalry
(d.13th August 1916)
Pte Hugh McIntyre
British Army Bute Mountain Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Largs
Pte. James McIntyre
British Army 1st Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
(d.28th Oct 1914)
James McIntyre served in the 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment and died on the 28th October 1914. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and on the Ploegsteert Memorial. Panel 4, His medal card records the award of the 1914 Star, War and Victory Medals.
James was born in Jarrow 1883. From 1891, 1901 and 1911 census he seems to be living with relatives by name Raven (grandfather 1891) Navin (uncle 1901) and in 1911 at Birkenhead as a lodger. But cannot trace parents.
Pte. James McIntyre
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Felling
James McIntyre enlisted in 1914
Sgt. James Ferguson McIntyre
British Army 20th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Gorton, Manchester
(d.23rd October 1917)
James McIntyre served with 20th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers.
Pte. Jesse McIntyre
British Army 3rd/5th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Rochdale
(d.26th Apr 1917)
Jesse McIntyre is buried in Browns Road Military Cemetery.
2nd Lt. John McIntyre MM & Bar.
British Army 6th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
John McIntyre was born in Choppington Northumberland in 1894. He joined the East Yorkshire Battalion in 1914 aged 20 as a private. He landed in Suvla Bay on 8th August 1915 and spent 4 months surviving the cold, lack of food and the Turkish guns until he left on 19th December for Mudros.
In January 1916 he was made sergeant and by February his unit was defending the Suez Canal. The Middle of May they embarked from Egypt to Marseilles via Malta. They arrived at St. Pol on 13th July 1916. In the following year and three months John was awarded the Military Medal and Bar and moved through some of the more famous battle grounds as listed in his war diary. On 13th December 1917 John McIntyre returned to England.and was noted as a candidate for admission to Officer Cadet in the Royal Air Force. He had two letters from King George inviting him to become an officer of the Royal Air Force in September 1918.
In 1919 he relinquished his Royal Air Force Commission. At some stage during his war service he had broken his ankle and never had it set so he suffered from this injury later in life. He had shrapnel wounds on his face but like many men never talked fully about what happened.
We heard about the Turkish throwing bombs which they threw back if they had time. We saw that he was not afraid of rats and that he could kill them with his bare hands. He never bragged about his medals so we didn't know how he won them and he is mentioned in the regimental diary and the date but not what he had done to deserve them. I expect he thought people would not believe what or where he had been because his regiment had been to a lot of fighting arenas. The final thing I have learnt from the study is that John's elder brother James was in the same regiment as him and he was killed on the 11th August 1917 so he probably didn't want to talk about any of it in case it upset his parents.
John's only son Hoodless Robinson McIntyre, a Lieutenant in the 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders, was killed on 26th September 1944 in the mountains of the Gallic Line and is buried in the War Cemetery in Fienza, Italy. John died in 1979 in Bradford.
Tpr Peter McIntyre
1st Scottish Horse
from:Comrie, Perthshire
Pte. Robert McIntyre
British Army 2nd Battalion Kings Own Scottish Borderers
from:Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland
Pte. Sinclair McIntyre
British Army 9th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
from:Portsoy, Banffshire
(d.29th June 1917)
Sinclair McIntyre was a first cousin of my great-grandmother. He was one of 9 children of John McIntyre and Eliza Ann Macdonald. I have a photo of the children, but do not know which one is which. He served with the 2/6th & 9th Battalions of the Gordon Highlanders and was killed on the 29th June 1917.
I am writing a book on my Hamilton and McWilliam ancestors. His father's branch remained in Scotland, but all the other siblings emigrated to Canada in the 1850s.
Pte. William McIntyre
British Army 1st/1st Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars
from:Golborne Steet, Ashon-in-Makerfield
(d.17th Oct 1918)
Pte. William McIntyre
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
L/Cpl. Stanley Richard McIsaac
New Zealand Expeditionary Force 1st Bn. Canterbury Regiment
from:Marlborough, New Zealand
(d.11th Oct 1916)
Stanley Richard McIsaac died on the 11th of October 1916, aged 23 and is buried in the Etaples Military Cemetery in France. He was the son of Richard Dick and Catherine McIsaac, of Renwicktown, Marlborough, New Zealand. He also served in Gallipoli.
Pte. William McItterick
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
(d.9th April 1917)
William McItterick is buried in Roclincourt
Able Sea. McIver
Royal Navy
My father joined the Royal Navy as a 16-year-old boy in 1907. In 1909, aged 18, he signed on for 12 years. However, in October 1912 he was discharged "shore free". In March 1915 he was signed on again with his original rating of AB, for the period of hostilities. He was discharged from the Royal Navy in February 1919 and joined the Royal Fleet Reserve, being discharged "time expired" in 1938.
His WW1 Service Medals and Long Service Good Conduct Medal are engraved with his original Service Number although the War Medals show him AB RN, and the LSGC as AB RFR. He did in fact have a different Service Number in the Fleet Reserve. I cannot find a definition for the term "shore free", but it appears to imply that he was released from active duty but retained on the register. Any information would be appreciated.
L/sgt Andrew Charles "Mac" McIver
British Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Newcastle upon Tyne
From his service records, I have discovered that my grandfather Andrew Charles McIver initially joined the special reserves at the age of 17, ( No 400700 ). After a few months he reached the age of 18 and joined the Durham Light Infantry, ( No 11555 ), and I believe, posted to Colchester for training with the 3rd Battalion. He was posted to France in May or June 1915 to join the 2nd battalion DLI, where, on the 8th August he received a bayonet wound at the "Hooge". He was sent to the 5th northern hospital in Leicester for treatment until Dec 1916 when he posted back to France. Between this posting date and Mar 1917 he was gassed and once again returned to England but only until May 1917 when he was returned to France but I am unsure if he was still part of the DLI or he had at this point was in the 798 area employment coy. Its very difficult to decipher the service records as they are very faint and damaged, I do however know that in May 1919 he was a stretcher bearer at the Windmill camp in Boulogne from an order slip that he kept that is now 90 years old. On his discharge he was serving as a L/sgt with the West Yorkshire Regiment at the Northern command discharge centre in Ripon. Grandad very rarely spoke of his time in WW1 so its only by the aid of various wesites, mostly unreadable records and the DLI museum that this part of his life can be recorded and remembered.
The only story that he ever related to me was that at some time he was a "runner" between trenches. On carrying a message to his officer he was slightly wounded in the leg, when entering the command post his officer glared at him and ask " why are you not standing straight man", "I've been injured in the leg sir, sorry sir", grandad replied, with that the officer moved over to him and proceeded to cut open his trouser leg, with this grandad got very aggitated, " stay still, whats wrong with you man?" the officer growled, "Its the other leg sir", said poor grandad. He went two days with a racy split in his trouser leg.
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