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Cpl. John McMillan
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.21st Apr 1915)
John McMillan of the 1st Battalion Royal Scots was killed during fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, in teh Second Battle of Ypres. He is remembered on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
Col.Sjt. Hamilton McMillen
British Army 11th Btn Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:Denbigh, North Wales
Colour Sergeant Hamilton McMillen had an extremely brief World War 1 military career. He enlisted at Wrexham on 14 September, marched in to the 11th Royal Welsh Fusiliers on 17 September and was discharged medically unfit on 29th of September.
Others may have had shorter careers but Col Sgt McMillen probably had better reason -- he was 63 years old and had originally answered the call to the Colours in 1872. When Lt Roger Shickland of 4th Kings Own Royal Lancahire Regiment witnessed his attestation signature, Col Sgt McMillen had been retired for 20 years after service with 31st Foot in Malta, Gibraltar, South Africa and Mauritius and with Royal Inskilling Fusiliers in Hong Kong and Singapore. He'd completed his service as an instructor with The Liverpool Regiment, a role he'd been looking forward to with 11 RWF.
Col Sgt McMillen's brother Joshua, who'd joined the 31st Foot in 1866 and served until 1894 also re-enlisted for World War 1. He was accepted and served throughout the War as a Quartermaster.
Sgt. Dugald Mcfarlane Mcmillian
Australian Imperial Force 31st Battalion
from:Nanango, Qld, Australia
Pte. Duncan Munro McMinn
British Army 18th (4th Glasgow) Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Preston Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow
(d.6th Nov 1918)
Duncan McMinn served with the 18th (4th Glasgow) Btn. Highland Light Infantry. His brother, John McMinn, died on 7th of November 1918 in Calais, France.
Pte. Martin McMinn
British Army 252nd Tunnelling Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Fife
(d.26th Jul 1916)
Martin McMinn was my great-uncle. He was born in 1890 in Mauchline, Ayrshire, Scotland, the 5th son of my great-grandparents, William and Agnes McMinn. The McMinn family eventually moved to Paisley, Renfrewshire (my hometown). In 1911, Martin was 20-21 years old and had moved to Cowdenbeath, Fife where he become a miner. He was lodging with the West family, where he met Catherine Fraser West, his landlord's daughter, whom he eventually married.
Martin enlisted in Kirkcaldy, Fife, presumably during the British Army's recruitment drive to enlist miners. The desperate need for skilled men saw notices requesting volunteer tunnellers posted in collieries, mineral mines and quarries across South Wales, Scotland, and the northeast of England. He was assigned to the 252nd Tunneling Company of the Royal Engineers. Shortly after the formation of that unit, they were employed in the Hebuterne-Beaumont-Hamel sector of the Somme battlefield. There, the company dug the large mine (code name H3) under the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt, the German stronghold, ready for the opening battle of the 1st July 1916 and prepared 12 Russian saps facing Serre. Digging the saps required a huge force of labour and by April 1916 the unit had 1,900 infantry attached. Near the Hawthorn Ridge Redoubt, the 252nd Tunnelling Company excavated 3 tunnels under no-man's land.
The first of these tunnels was to link the now famous 'Sunken Lane' (shown in the film, The Battle of the Somme, by cinematographer, Geoffrey Malins, which was shown in cinemas around the UK in August 1916) with the old British front line, through which British units moved into position before the attack. In the early hours of 1st July, the 1st Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers would use this tunnel to move up into the 'Sunken Lane', the starting position for their attack on Beaumont-Hamel. Geoffrey Malins had this to say about the explosion: 'The ground where I stood gave a mighty convulsion. It rocked and swayed. I gripped hold of my tripod to steady myself. Then for all the world like a gigantic sponge, the earth rose high in the air to the height of hundreds of feet. Higher and higher it rose, and with a horrible grinding roar the earth settled back upon itself, leaving in its place a mountain of smoke'.
Martin died of wounds on 26th July 1916 as a result of gas poisoning. He is buried in the Bertrancourt Military Cemetery in the Somme region of France. His widow, Catherine, was awarded a war gratuity of 25 pounds 3s and 4 pence in November 1916 and a further 11 pounds 1 shilling in September 1919.
Pte. James McMorris
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Pte. John McMullen
British Army 1st Btn. Border Regiment
(d.1st Jul 1916)
John McMullen enlisted at Workington, Cumberland and served in the 1st Battalion, the Border Regiment. He was killed in action on the 1st July 1916 along with 194 men and 7 officers on that first day in the Battle of the Somme. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals.
John was born in Jarrow 1889. In the 1911 census he is living at 29 Glasgow Street, Barrow in Furness with his Uncle's family and is 21, working as a General Labourer in the Brass Foundry at the shipyard.
L/Cpl. John McMullen
British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:East Jarrow
(d.5th Sep 1918)
John McMullen enlisted at South Shields and served in the 15th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. He died age 28 on the 5th September 1918 and buried in Abbeville Communal cemetery Extension. He is remembered at Jarrow Library. His medal card records the award of the War and Victory Medals.
John was born in Jarrow 1890, son of John and Rose Ann McMullen (formerly Fawcett nee McConnell of Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 5 Team Lane, Tyne Dock. John is 21 and a dock labourer in shipbuilders. John McMullen was the half brother of Catherine Fawcett (mother of Catherine Cookson the novelist)
William Thomas Fawcett and Rose Ann McConnell married 19.05.1877 in St. Bede’s RC Church in Jarrow Their children were: Elizabeth Fawcett born Jarrow 1878 (died 1894 in Jarrow aged 16). Sarah Ann Fawcett born Jarrow 1879 (married Michael Lavelle 1909 in Chester le Street). Catherine (Kate) Fawcett born Jarrow 1883 (Catherine Fawcett married David McDermott 30/06/1923 Jarrow). Mary Ellen Fawcett born Jarrow 1886 (Mary E Fawcett married Alexander Charlton 30/05/1914 Jarrow). Margaret Fawcett born Jarrow 1888 (died 1891 in Jarrow). (Sarah Ann and Catherine were in Service in Gateshead according to 1901 census). William Thomas Fawcett died 1889 in Jarrow. Rose Ann Fawcett (nee McConnell) married John McMullen 10.04.1890 in St. Bede’s Jarrow. John and Rose Ann McMullen had a son John McMullen in 1890 in Jarrow. (John McMullen was killed in WW1 on 5.9.1918 a Lance Corporal in the DLI). Rose McMullen (late Fawcett) (nee McConnell) died 1917 in Jarrow. John McMullen died 18.04.1930 in Jarrow. Catherine (Kate) Fawcett had a daughter named Catherine Ann Davies born 27.06.1906 in Tyne Dock, fathers name was listed as Alexander Davies. Catherine Ann Davies was brought up as Catherine McMullen by her grandmother Rose McMullen (late Fawcett - nee McConnell) and step Grandfather John McMullen, Catherine Ann Davies alias Catherine McMullen was later to become Catherine Cookson. Alexander Davies was not her fathers real name he was born Alexander Pate 1879 in Lesmahagow Scotland. He married Henrietta Waggott in his real name as Alexander Pate 17.12.1901 in Newcastle and they had 3 children: Alexander Pate born 1902 in Newcastle, Henrietta Pate born 1904 in Newcastle, Isabella Pate born 1908 in Newcastle. Alexander Pate bigamously married Jane Williamson (Foster) as Alexander Davies 1909 in Darlington (the name he used when with Catherine (Kate) Fawcett in Gateshead in 1905). They adopted a child Jane Smith (Davies) Alexander Pate died as Alexander Davies aged 72 in Scarborough in 1948
Catherine McMullen (Davies) left school in 1919 In 1924 she became laundry checker in the workhouse in South Shields After 5 years in 1929 she had saved enough money to leave for Hastings to establish an Apartment Hotel? Catherine Ann Davies (formerly McMullen?) married Thomas Henry Cookson 1st June1940 in Hastings She started work in a workhouse near Clacton-on-Sea, Essex in 1929 In December 1929 she accepted the post of Laundry Manageress at Hastings workhouse. Catherine lived in lodgings in Clifton Road, Ore and West Hill House, Exmouth Place before buying The Hurst, Hoads Wood Road in 1933. (She married using her birth name so obviously she knew who her father was) Catherine Cookson died age 91 on 11th June 1998 in Newcastle Her husband Tom died on 28 June 1998 in Newcastle
On the 1891 census for 54 Albion Street Jarrow John McMullen age 35 born Ireland Ironworker, Rose Ann McMullen wife age 33 born Gateshead, John McMullen son age 9 months born Jarrow, Elizabeth Fawcett step daughter age 13 born Jarrow Scholar (died 1894 in Jarrow), Sarah Ann Fawcett step daughter age 11 born Jarrow Scholar, Catherine Fawcett step daughter age 7 born Jarrow Scholar, Mary Elizabeth Fawcett step daughter age 5 born Jarrow, Margaret Fawcett step daughter age 2 born Jarrow (died 1891 in Jarrow),
In the 1901 census Hebburn John Mullen age 31 born Ireland Labourer Ship Yard, Rose Ann Mullen age 46 born Felling, John Mullen age 13 born Hebburn Grocers Message Boy,
In the 1901 census in GatesheadL Sarah A. Fawcett age 21 born Jarrow Domestic, Kate Fawcett age 17 born Jarrow Domestic,
in the 1911 Census living at 5 Leam Lane Jarrow: John McMullen born 1852 Ireland age 59, Rose Ann McMullen born 1858 Gateshead age 53, John McMullen born 1890 Jarrow age 21, Mary E. Fawcett born 1886 Jarrow age 25, Catherine Davies born 1906 Tyne Dock age 5,
On the 1911 Census in Chester le Street: Michael Lavelle born 1872 Durham age 39, Sarah Ann Lavelle born 1880 Jarrow age 31, Mary Lavelle born 1910 Durham age 1,
In the 1911 Census in Chester le Street Katherine Fawcett born 1884 Jarrow age 27
In the 1911 Census in Morpeth: Alexander Davies born 1875 Scotland age 36, Jane Davies born 1873 Durham age 38.
Cpl. Walter McMullen
British Army 155th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
Walter McMullen was born on 7th January 1889 in Brookeborough, County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. He took a boat back from America where he was living to join the British Army in 1917. He was in the 155th Siege Battery and was present for the Battles of Messines Ridge and 3rd Ypres. He survived the war. He returned to Ireland, married, moved to Scotland and then back to New York. He died in 1968. He is the middle figure in the attached picture of five men seated around a table.
Pte. James McMunigal
Army 16th Btn Royal Scots
from:Glasgow
(d.9th Apr 1917)
James McMunigal died on the 9th of April 1917 in France and is now buried at Roclin Court Valley Cemetery. He left behind and mother and family who served, but had no children of his own. We didn't discover his grave until 2008/9.
Gnr. Alexander Edminstone McMurdo
British Army 175th Brigade Army Service Corps
from:Glasgow
(d.10th December 1917)
Alexander McMurdo was the Son of Mr. and Mrs. John McMurdo of Kirkland Neuk, Renfrew, husband of Maggie Hamilton McMurdo of 805 Dalmarnock Rd., Glasgow. He was 27 when he died and is buried in the Isola Della Scala Communal Cemetery in Italy.
Capt. G. D. J. McMurtie
British Army 6th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
Captain McMurtie was a prisoner at Graudenz POW Camp.
Nurse Agnes McNab
My great grandmother Agnes Macnab was a nurse at Epsom Military Hospital in 1915
Capt. Eric Archibald McNair
British Army 9th Btn. att. G.H.Q. General Staff Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Calcutta, India
(d.12th Aug 1918)
Eric McNair was the son of George Burgh McNair and Isabella Frederica McNair, of 5, Harrington St., Calcutta. He died on the 12th August 1918, aged 24, and is buried in the Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa, Italy.
An extract from The London Gazette No. 29527, dated 28th March, 1916, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery. When the enemy exploded a mine, Lieutenant McNair and many men of two platoons were hoisted into the air, and many men were buried. But, though much shaken, he at once organised a party with a machine gun to man the near edge of the crater and opened rapid fire on a large party of the enemy, who were advancing. The enemy were driven back, leaving many dead. Lieutenant McNair then ran back for reinforcements, and sent to another unit for bombs, ammunition and tools to replace those buried. The communication trench being blocked he went across the open under heavy fire and led up the reinforcements the same way. His prompt and plucky action and example undoubtedly saved the situation."
Pte. John Alexander McNair
British Army 16th (Service) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.22nd Aug 1916)
John Alexander McNair enlisted Newcastle and served with the 16th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in action age 24 on the 22nd August 1916 and is buried in Cambrin Churchyard Extension. His medal card records the award of the 1915 Star, War and Victory Medals and that he was killed in action.
John was born in Jarrow 1892, son of John Alexander and Margaret McNair nee Nesbitt of 23 South Eldon Street, South Shields.
Stkr. Andrew Francis McNally
Royal Navy HMS Fauvette
(d.9th March 1916)
Andrew Francis McNally served as a Stoker on HMS Fauvette and died at age 29 on the 9th March 1916. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and on the Chatham Naval Memorial.
Andrew was born in Stockton 1887, son of the late Patrick and Bridget McNally nee McNally of 48 Pearson Place, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 105 Back High, Jarrow with Bridget(50) widow, born in Rossgray, Tipperary, who had 7 children and 5 are living at this address. Ellen(25) a spinner in ropeworks, Andrew(21) and John(18) are general labourers in the shipyard, Kattie(16) is a bobbin carrier in the ropeworks and Daniel(14) is at school. His younger brother Daniel McNally is also among the fallen.
Andrew McNally
British Army Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Glasgow
Andrew McNally served with Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Pte. Arthur Patrick McNally
British Army 1/5th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Walker
Arthur Patrick McNally was born in April 1895 in Walker, Northumberland, to Elizabeth Brunton, age 34, and James McNally, age 36. In 1911 he was indentured as an Apprentice Engineer in the Marine Engineering Works of Swan Hunters on the Tyne.
Arthur joined the 1/5th Battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers as a Farrier with his elder brother Joseph in 1914 aged 19. On the outbreak of war, the Battalion was based at his home in Walker, as part of the Northumberland Brigade, Northumbrian Division. He landed with the Division in France on 17th of April 1915 and was immediately deployed into the chaotic Battle of St Julien (Battle of Ypres) when his brother Joseph (also 1/5th) was wounded in action on 26th May during the same battle.
Arthur was later wounded at Dickebusch in Belgium on 25th of Jan 1916, with 'gunshot wounds' to his head, hip and spine, he was taken to No 18 Field Hospital at Camiers in France for treatment and subsequent recuperation.
He served with his regiment through the Battles of Ypres, Somme, second Arras, Passchendaele, St Quentin, Rosieres, Estaires, Hazebrouck, Aisne, Cambrai, Selle, and Sambre through to 11th of March 1919, when he was transferred to Army Z (Reserves) for demobilisation. He returned to his family in Walker and was later awarded the Victory Medal, British War Medal and the 14-15 Star for his service to his country in 1921.
Arthur moved south and married Christina C Elder in July 1926 in Edmonton, Essex. Later remarrying Barbara L Freshwater in 1958 after the death of his first wife. He died in Enfield London and was later buried in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire on 8th May 1965 aged 70 outliving his elder brother Joseph by 25 years.
Pte. Daniel McNally
British Army 1/5th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.26th Oct 1917)
Daniel McNally served in the 1st/5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and died on the age 20 on the 26th October 1917. He is remembered at St. Paul's Church and Tyne Cot Memorial. His older brother Andrew Francis McNally is also among the fallen.
Daniel was born in Jarrow 1897, son of the late Patrick and Bridget McNally nee McNally of 48 Pearson Place, Jarrow. In the 1911 census the family is living at 105 Back High, Jarrow with Bridget(50) widow, born in Rossgray, Tipperary, who had 7 children and 5 are living at this address. Ellen(25) a spinner in ropeworks, Andrew(21) and John(18) are general labourers in the shipyard, Kattie(16) is a bobbin carrier in the ropeworks and Daniel(14) is at school.
Gnr. Edward Hugh McNally
British Army 38th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Waterford, Ireland
My Grandfather, Edward McNally, was born on 6th June 1879 in Poonamallee, Madras India (as were 4 brothers & a sister) to John & Louisa (Moran) McNally. His father was a 3rd Class Master Gunner, with G Battery, 6th Brigade RFA. Edward enlisted on the 5th of Sept 1893 with 72nd Battery, 38th Brigade RFA in Kirkee India. At some point he went to Ireland and in 1907 married Ellen Mary Cuddihy. Went back in 1907 and was stationed in Cork, Waterford & Belfast. According to a letter by my great Aunt he got "Sick & Tired" of the "Black & Tans" and so he got stationed back in Waterford RFA. Then to France in 1914, he received the 1914 Star with Clasp. He transferred to 291st RFA, then was Gassed sometime in 1917, I believe it was Aug-Oct timeline and discharged 7th of June 1918, with Silver War badge #411157. He died 3rd of July 1925 in Waterford Hospital Ireland.
All I have of Edward McNally is a painting of him done in India abt 1896. When I checked with the Records Department they said his records were destroyed yet my Great Grand father's are completely furnished to me. The records I do have are the War Badge, Medal Index, Roll of Individuals, 1911 Census Waterford, Ireland & Birth, Death & Marriage Documents.
Rfm. F. McNally
British Army 14th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte. F. McNally
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
F McNally was discharged in 1918
Pte. Francis McNally
British Army 13th Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:8 St. James Street, Brierfield, Burnley, Lancashire
(d.23rd August 1918)
Frank McNally is my great-great uncle (paternal uncle of my maternal grandfather), and was born in Brierfield, in Burnley, Lancashire. His father is unknown, and he was born out of wedlock in 1900 to a mother, Margaret, of Irish parents and who was a cotton weaver. He spent the first few years of his life growing up in John McNally's, his grandfather's, home before moving two doors down with his mother. He had four younger brothers, John Thomas, William, Edward, and Alexander who were aged between 7 and 10 when he was killed, tragically aged just 18. He was formerly with the 72nd Training Reserve Battalion.
L/Cpl. James Joseph McNally MM.
British Army 11th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.29th Sept 1917)
Pte John McNally
British Army 2nd Btn King's Own Scottish Borderers
from:31 India St Glasgow
(d.3rd Oct 1917)
John was third born of 6 brothers to Catherine and William McNally. Keen to do his bit, he followed his two older brothers into service with KOSB during WW1. Andrew: (Argyle and Southern Highlanders) and William: (a rifleman in the Army and then Royal Navy).
John was said to have a lovely singing voice and had won a singing competition in his home city of Glasgow.
He was brought up in the East End of Glasgow, his eldest brother Andrew was a pretty tough character and William was an amateur boxer, John was just a young lad.
He had three younger siblings who all went on to serve in WW2, Joe, Dominic and Frank.
Sadly John did not make it home and records show he died aged 20 on 1917-10-03 from gun shot wounds.
He was and still is very much remembered by all of his family.
Pte. Joseph Brunton McNally MM.
British Army 149th MGC Machine Gun Company
from:Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Joseph McNally was born in the Walker area of Newcastle-upon-Tyne enlisted as No 5/1334 in 1/5th Nortumberland Fusiliers
On the outbreak of War in August 1914 the Regiment consisted of the
1st Battalion at Portsmouth in the 9th Brigade,
By November 1918 the Regiment had raised a further 44 Battalions, earned 67 Battle Honours, won five Victoria Crosses and sustained an estimated 16,000 casualties- 3rd Division,
- the 2nd Battalion at Sabathu, India,
- the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion, which mobilised to train recruits, and
- four Territorial Force Battalions,
- The 4th at Hexham,
- 5th at Walker, Newcastle-upon- Tyne,
- 6th at St George’s Drill Hall, Northumberland Road, and
- 7th at Alnwick.
Joseph served in the 1/5th Battalion The Northumberland Fusiliers, on the outbreak of War was at Walker, Newcastle-upon-Tyne part of the Northumberland Brigade, Northumbrian Division, (later called the 149th Brigade, 50th Division) . On Tyne defences until April 1915 and then sent to France.
The 50th (Northumbrian) Division
The Northumbrian Division, a pre-war Territorial Force formation, was drawn from Northumberland, Durham, North Riding and East Riding of Yorkshire. The Divisional HQ was at Richmond Castle. Brigade HQs at Newcastle, Malton and Durham, and titled Northumberland , York & Durham and Yorkshire Brigades. The Infantry came from Alnwick, Newcastle (2), Hexham, Stockton, North-Allerton, Scarborough, Hull, Gateshead, Sunderland, Durham and Bishop Auckland.
The Artillery Brigades, No I Northumberland concentrated at Newcastle,
- No II at Hull,(a battery at Scarborough),
- No III at Seaham Harbour (batteries at Durham and West Hartlepool),
- No IV Howitzer Brigade at South Shields (a battery at Heburn) and the
- Heavy Battery from Middlesborough.
The Field Companies their HQ and No 1 Signal Company were at Newcastle. The Field Ambulances were at Newcastle, Darlington and Hull. The Divisional Transport and Supply Column companies were at Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland and Hull. On the 3 August, units returned from their annual training camps. On 4 August orders to mobilise were received, the Division became part of the Central Force, Home Defence; it garrisoned the Tyne Defences and trained for war.
Early April 1915 the division was informed it would be sent to France, embarkation orders were issued 5 April. 16 April units began to entrain for the ports of Southampton and Folkestone. After crossing to France the 50th Division completed its concentration in the vicinity of Steenvoorde on 23 April 1915. The next day, units of the division were under fire.
The 50th (Northumbrian) Division was engaged in the following actions in France and Belgium.
1915
Battles of Ypres
4 April/3 May Battle of St Julien (V Corps, Second Army until 28/4 then Plumer’s Force “The St George’s Gazette”, the Regimental Magazine of the Northumberland Fusiliers, reported that Joseph was wounded in action in April 1915. There are no further details recorded. Thus we do not known when (or if) Joseph returned to his Battalion on recovery, or indeed if he was required to leave the Battalion.
11/13 May Battle of Frezenberg Ridge (V Corps, Second Army)
24/25 May Battle of Bellewaarde Ridge (V Corps, Second Army)
16 June Bellewaarde (149 Bde) (V corps, Second Army)
1916
149th Brigade Machine Gun Company formed in the 149th Infantry Brigade from the machine gun sections of the 1/4th, 1/5th, 1/6th and 1/7th Battalions Northumberland Fusiliers on 6 February 1916. Joseph was a founder member of this unit. He transferred, willingly into the Machine Gun Corps and allotted the number 23981. The following incomplete list is of men with similar numbers who therefore transferred at the same time:
23962 Pte Walker J NF 1645 Disch 050918
- 23963 Lcpl Irwin J NF 1751 Kia 031016 149 Co, 50 Division
- 23964 Pte Robinson J NF 1035 Dismb 150119
- 23965 Cpl Gordon FH NF 1744 Dismb 110319
- 23967 Pte Callender G NF 19 Battalion, A Co
- 23968 Pte Simpson S NF 50 Battalion
- 23969 Pte Turnbull J NF 1942 Demob 250219
- 23970 Pte Lowrey W NF 558 Dismb 030219
- 23973 Pte Robson J NF 2733 Dow 190916 150 Co, 50 Division
- 23980 Pte Nesbitt C NF 2616 Dismb ??0119 5 Battalion
- 23981 Pte McNally J MM NF 1334 Dismb 110319
- 23982 Pte Bly J NF 1371 Disch 14??18
- 23983 Pte Fox A NF 1890 Demob 090319
- 23984 Pte Oldham A NF 2357 Demob 100219
- 23985 Sgt Gascoigne J MM NF 2373 Died 030118 218 Co, 18 Division
- 23986 Pte Bell WJ NF 2471 Dismb 190219
- 23987 Lcpl Douglas J MM NF 2988 Dismb 150319 50 Battalion
- 23988 Lcpl Plumb C NF 2994 Dow 271016
- 23989 Pte Young A NF 3172 Dismb 150419 50 Battalion
- 23890 Cpl Wilding JH NF 2495
Battles of The Somme:
15/22 September Battle of Flers-Courcelette (III Corps, Fourth Army)
25/28 September Battle of Morval (III Corps, Fourth Army)
1/3 October Battle of the Transloy Ridges (III Corps, Fourth Army)
In mid May 1917 the 245th Machine Gun Company disembarked in France from Grantham and joined the Division on 30 May 1917.
1917 Battles of Arrass:
11/14 April First Battle of the Scarpe (XVIII Corps until 11/4 - VII Corps, Third Army
13/15 April Capture of Wancourt Ridge (VII corps)
23/24 April Second Battle of the Scarpe (VII Corps, Third Army)
Battles of Ypres:
26 October/9 November Second Battle of Passchendaele (XIV Corps until 29/10 XIX Corps Fifth Army
50th Battalion Machine Gun Corps formed February 1918, with the unification of 149th, 150th, 151st and 245th Machine Gun Companies, which then became “A” to “D” Companies, of the battalion.
1918
Battles of The Somme:
21/23 March Battle of St Quentin (Fifth Army Reserve til 21/3 - XIX Corps, Fifth Army)
23 March Actions at the Somme Crossings (XIX Corps,)
26/27 March Battle of Rosieres (XIX Corps, Fifth Army)
Battles of The Lys
9/11 April Battle of Estaires (XV Corps, First Army)
12 April Battle of Hazebrouck (XV Corps, First Army)
Friday 26 April the Division entrained for the Aisne. 28 April detrained joining IX Corps, under the Sixth French Army. Monday 6 May moved into the line taking over the Beauriex Sector from the French.
27 May/6 June Battle of Aisne (IX Corps, Sixth French Army until 29/5 Fifth French Army)
Between 3 and 5 July the Division returned to the British Zone, by 14 July it was in the Dieppe area, where it reorganised. (Due to the heavy casualties sustained whilst under French command. For example, 21 officers of the 50th Battalion were captured during this action).
The Advance to Victory:
Battle of The Hindenburg Line
1 October Battle of the St Quentin Canal (XIII Corps, Fourth Army)
3/5 October Battle of the Beaurevoir Line (XIII Corps, Fourth Army)
8 October Battle of Cambrai (XIII Corps, Fourth Army
11/12 October Pursuit to the Selle (XIII Corps, Fourth Army)
The Final Advance in Picardy
17/18 October Battle of the Selle (XIII Corps, Fourth Army)
The London Gazette published the award of a Military Medal to 23981 Pte J McNally on 21 October. No citation was published at that time.
4 November Battle of the Sambre (XIII corps, Fourth Army)
After crossing the Sambre the division remained in the line until it was relieved on 10 November. By this date it had fought its way forward to Solre le Chateau. 11 November in billets between Flourcies and Monceau. On 2 December HM the King accompanied by Major General Jackson visited le Catelet where the division had crossed the St Quentin Canal in October. On 3 December His Majesty visited the division in its billeting area. In the middle of the month the division moved back to billets in the le Quesnoy area.
Demobilisation started in December and continued steadily until units were reduced to cadre and ceased to exist in France.
Joseph was transferred to the Army “Z” reserve on 11 March 1919, a veteran of the Corps. A VETERAN OF THE CORPS
Dvr. Joseph McNally
British Army 57th T.M. Battery, Z Coy. Royal Field Artillery
from:Liverpool
(d.7th July 1917)
Joseph McNally was from Liverpool, he served with Z company, 57th T.M. Battery, Royal Field Artillery. He was killed in action on 7th July 1917 and is buried in Cite Bonjean Military cemetery, Armentieres, France.
Pte Michael McNally
British Army 2nd Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Newcastle under Lyme
(d.12th November 1914)
Pte. Patrick McNally
British Army Army Veterinary Corps
from:Sligo
(d.25th May 1917)
Private McNally was the husband of Mary Anne McNally of Carrowmore, Cloverhill, Sligo.
He was 39 when he died and is buried in the north-west part of the old ground in the Kilmacowen Cemetery, Kilmacowen, Co. Sligo, Ireland.
Rrobert Henry Mcnally
British Army 64th Battery, 5th Army Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Fatfield, Co Durham
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