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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Sjt. McQuarrie
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy.
Pte. Lachlan McQuarrie
British Army 1st Btn. Cameronians Scottish Rifles
from:Glasgow
Sgt. Peter McQuarrie
British Army 2nd Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:34 Great Hamilton Street, Paisley
(d.3rd Apr 1918)
Pte. James McQue
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:West Stanley
James McQue enlisted in 1914
2nd Lt. Alexander Brown McQueen MC & Bar.
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Liverpool
Alex McQueen joined A Squadron, Duke of Lancaster's Own Yeomanry as a trooper in May 1914. He deployed with the squadron to Egypt and then to Palestine where in 1915 he was promoted to Lance Corporal and was recommended for commissioning. Then he returned to the UK to commission and joined the Royal Field Artillery. In 1918 he was awarded his MC for saving his guns then again for saving the gunsights. Both awards were within 6 months of each other.
Pte. Ronald McQueen
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
(d.21st Feb 1915)
Ronald McQueen, Private 3020 is remembered on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
2nd Lt. Samuel Brown McQueen
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Liverpool
Sam McQueen was my grandfather. He joined the Inns of Court Officer Training Corp, then in 1916, on commissioning went to the Machine Gun School at Belton Park to complete his phase 2 training.
In 1917 he was posted to France where he served to the end of the War. After the armistice he followed his unit to the cavalry barracks at Duren, in Germany, from there he was discharged. Sam was a noted athlete, playing rugby, hockey and cricket for the army. After the war he became Waterlo's first rugby international playing for Scotland.
L/Cpl. Alexander McQuibban
British Army 6th Btn. Cameron Highlanders (Queens Own)
(d.29th August 1917)
Pte. J. McQuillan
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Usworth
J McQuillan was discharged in 1917,Debility
Lance Sjt. M. McQuillan
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Sgt. William James McQuillan
British Army 11th Btn. D Coy. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Ardmore, Co. Antrim
(d.19th May 1916 )
William McQuillan was my Great Uncle, and died when he was 21 from his wounds. I only found out when I started our McQuillan Family Tree in 2004.
Cpl. Peter B. McQuillian
British Army 2nd Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Gourock
There may be some doubt about the spelling of Peter McQuillian's surname as there were four brothers and two of them (I know of) spelt it McQuillan. I have been told that on the big penny he is reported to have died in Mesopotamia.
Gnr. Samuel McQuillian
British Army 3rd SAR Brigade, 1st Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:8 Cross Row, Usworth, Co Durham
Sgt. Stephen Alfred McQuillin
British Army 23rd Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Battersea
Sgt McQuillan was a regular with 2nd Btn Scottish Rifles (Cameronians) based in Mtarfa Barracks, Malta in 1914 and on notice to move to Alexandria. When hostilities started to escalate, the move to Egypt was cancelled and the battalion moved back to UK on Indiamen ship along with other two battalions in Malta.
They arrived in Southampton in September and marched to Baddersley Common before moving to Hursley Park to form part of 23rd Brigade in the 8th Division.
They moved to France on the SS Cornishman in early November 1914. Stephen must have been SNCO in charge of 2 Scottish Rifles machine guns as he was moved to MGC on its formation. He remained with the corps for the rest of war, but returned to the Cameronians after the war.
His step brother, Private Alfred Holman, was killed three months after arriving in France as a private in the Royal Field Artillery in May 1916 (he is buried at Dud's Corner). Alfred's son Alfred was born eight days before his father's death. Stephen married his step-brother's widow, the family moved to India (Quetta) with the Regiment and had three further children, in addition to Alfred and his elder sister Phyllis, in India and a sixth child (my father) when back in England. Stephen spent a period of the war convalescing in England after shooting off one of his knuckles in what was supposedly an accident with a recovered German Luger pistol.
Pvte Richard Mcquirk
British Army 6th Btn East Lancashire
from:Blackburn
(d.4th November 1915)
Pte. James McRae
British Army 5th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Longside Aberdeenshire
(d.2nd Dec 1916)
My great uncle James McRae served in the First World War with the Gordon Highlanders. He was killed on Dec 2nd, 1916 in the Battle of Arras (I believe) - his body was never found so he is sadly one of the thousands of 'unknown soldiers' from the First World War. He was a poet and I am in possession of some of his poems. My grandfather was the last person in our family to see him, as he walked to the train station with him on his way to the front.
Editor's Note: It is more likely James was killed following the Battle of Ancre Heights as he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Sjt. James McRae
British Army 6th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Inchberry
(d.22nd March 1918)
Pte. John McRae
9th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
from:Scotland
John McRae was my grandfather who is believed to have been killed in WW1. I know nothing about him. My father, who is deceased, never knew him. My father was born in 1916. I am trying to find any information.
Pte. Kenneth McRae
Australian Imperial Forces D Coy. 33rd Btn.
from:'Rockbank', Wongurbinda, Guyra, New South Wales
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Kenneth McRae was a grazier from Wongurbinda. He enlisted aged 32 and lost his life the following year on the 7th of June 1917 in the Battle of Messines. He was reported to have been buried at Dead Horse Corner in Ploegsteert Wood but his grave was lost and he is commemorated on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
Pte. Robert McRae
British Army 2nd Btn. West Yorkshire
from:South Shields
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Pte. Roderick Donald McRae
Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn.
from:"Ferndale" Wollomombi, New South Wales, Australia.
(d.13th Dec 1916)
Pte. W. F. McRae
Australian Imperial Force. att. 3rd Salvage Coy. 38th Btn.
A/Capt. Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid VC.
British Army 17th Battalion Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own)
(d.1st Dec 1917)
Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid was 29 years old an Acting Captain in the 17th Battalion, The Middlesex Regiment (Duke of Cambridge's Own), when he was awarded the VC. His citation reads:
"On 30 November/1 December 1917 at the Moeuvres Sector, France, when the enemy penetrated into our position, and the situation was extremely critical, Captain McReady-Diarmid led his company through a heavy barrage and immediately engaged the enemy and drove them back at least 300 yards, causing numerous casualties and taking 27 prisoners. The following day the enemy again attacked and drove back another company which had lost all its officers. The captain called for volunteers, and leading the attack, again drove them back. It was entirely due to his throwing of bombs that the ground was regained, but he was eventually killed by a bomb." He is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial to the Missing.
Capt. Allastair Malcolm Cluny McReady-Diarmid VC.
British Army 4th Btn. att. 17th Btn Middlesex Regiment
from:Dursley, Gloucs
(d.1st Dec 1917)
Allastair McReady-Diarmid was killed in action on the 1st of December 1917, aged 29, he is commemorated on Panel 9 on The Cambrai Memorial in France. Formerly Arthur Malcolm McReady-Drew he was the son of Herbert L. Drew and Fanny A. Drew (nee McReady), of 71 Goldsmith Avenue, Acton and the husband of Hilda McReady-Diarmid, of Springfield, Dursley, Gloucs. Born at New Southgate, Middlesex.
An extract from The London Gazette, dated 12th March, 1918, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and brilliant leadership. When the enemy penetrated some distance into our position and the situation was extremely critical, Capt. McReady-Diarmid at once led his company forward through a heavy barrage. He immediately engaged the enemy, with such success that he drove them back at least 300 yards, causing numerous casualties and capturing 27 prisoners. The following day the enemy again attacked and drove back another company which had lost all it's officers. This gallant officer at once called for volunteers and attacked. He drove them back again for 300 yards, with heavy casualties. Throughout this attack Capt. McReady-Diarmid led the way himself, and it was absolutely and entirely due to his marvellous throwing of bombs that the ground was regained. His absolute disregard for danger, his cheerfulness and coolness at a most trying time, inspired all who saw him. This most gallant officer was eventually killed by a bomb when the enemy had been driven right back to their original starting point."
Pte. George McRobbie
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
(d.9th July 1916)
Pte. John Stewart McRobbie MM.
British Army 8th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:Abbey Road, Stirling
Pte. George McRoy
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Broompark
(d.1918)
George McRoy is named on the Ploegsteert Memorial
Pte. James McRoy
British Army 6th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:13, Wayman St., Monkwearmouth, Sunderland.
(d.27th Aug 1917)
James was my uncle [my father's brother]. He was the son of James and Rosehanna and lived in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland. My grandmother had 4 sons, 3 of them were at war and only one came home.
James was killed on August 27th 1917. He does not have a resting place as his body has never been found but his name is on the plaque at Tyne Cot Cemetery. His brother John was killed on 17th of June 1917 and is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belguim which we have visited many times.
We will always be grateful to them for giving their lives as they did.
Pte. John George McRoy
British Army 21st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:13, Wayman St., Monkwearmouth, Sunderland.
(d.17th Jun 1917)
John George was my uncle [my fathers brother]. He was the son of James and Rosehanna and lived in Monkwearmouth, Sunderland. He is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery in Belguim which we have visited many times. My grandmother had 4 sons, 3 of them were at war and only one came home. Johns brother James was killed on August 27th 1917, 3 months after after John. He does not have a resting place as his body has never been found but his name is on the plaque at Tyne Cot Cemetery. We will always be grateful to them for giving their lives as they did.
Sgt. D. McShane
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Langley Park
(d. October 1916)
D McShane is named on the Thiepval Memorial
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