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Capt. George James Mahony-Jones
Royal Flying Corps 20 Sqd.
(d.7th Apr 1917)
Capt Mahony-Jones was shot down by Maximilian Muller of Jasta28 on the evening of the 7th of April 1917. His FE2d was brought down over the Front lines whilst returning from the second bombing raid of the day on Mouvaux aerodrome. Mahony-Jones lead eight FE2's each dropping two 112 pound bombs over the target, causing damage to at least two hangers.
As the formation was crossing the Front lines, it was attached by a formation of Albatros Scouts, Lt Lawson's aircraft had been hit and was under attack from all sides, Mahony-Jones turned his aircraft and challenged the enemy, allowing Lawson to make an emergency landing behind the British Lines.
The battle was watched from the ground by the men of the 34th Battalion AIF, their adjutant wrote to RFC HQ the following day:
To the Commandant, RFC Bailleul, 8th April 1917.
"The C.O. 34th battalion AIF has asked me to express a deep sense of admiration which was inspired by the gallant flying of an airman, apparently belonging to a Squadron under your command. About 6 pm on the evening of the 7th instant, two of our planes were engaged with nine of the enemy's. One plane was damaged and the other, although retreat looked possible turned and fought. Several of the enemy's planes scattered but unfortunately our plane was hit and immediately burst into flames.
The scene was witnessed by the men of the Battalion from the trenches and the conspired bravery was much spoken of by them and the gallantry is sure to foster a spirit of emulation for our men to strive hard on their parts, to act in the same heroic and self sacrificing manner as this gallant airman. The true bravery of your very fine Corps was thus strikingly brought home to our men."
Adj. 34th Battn.
Mahony-Jones and his gunner 2nd Lt W.B.Moyes were laid to rest in a German cemetery, after the war they were transferred to the CWGC cemetery at Bailleul.
Bdr. Eugene Mahy MM.
British Army 50th Bde. C Bty Royal Field Artillery
from:Guernsey
(d.25th April 1918)
My great uncle Eugene Mahy was awarded the Military Medal on 4th February 1918 and died just a few months later. Does anyone have any information about how he earned the medal or where he died?
Pte. William B. Mahy
British Army 47th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Guernsey
(d.9th April 1917)
Pte. W. Maiden
British Army 1st Garrison Btn. King's (Liverpool Regiment)
(d.23rd Sep 1916)
Private Maiden was buried in the Famagusta Military Cemetery in Cyprus.
Walter "Pte." Maiden
British Army 8th battalion
from:Rotherham
(d.1st July 1916 )
Pte Walter Maiden took part in the Battle of the Somme and was killed in action on the 1st July 1916. His body was found in 1932 and his wrist watch and dog tag were given to his mother in 1932. Son of George Edwin and Susannah Maiden, of 2,Berwick's Yard, Holly Bush Street, Rotherham.
He was 23 when he died.
Walter "Pte." Maiden
British Army 8th Btn. Yorks and Lancs Regiment
from:Rotherham
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte Walter Maiden took part in the Battle of the Somme and was killed in action on 1st July 1916, aged 23. His body was found in 1932 and his wrist watch and dog tag sent to his mother in 1932.
Walter was the son of George Edwin and Susannah Maiden of 2 Berwick's Yard, Holly Bush Street, Rotherham.
WO1 Walter Charles Maidlow
British Army Royal Army Medical Corps.
from:Brighton
Sergeant Major Walter Charles Maidlow RAMC, was treated for Chronic Bronchitis at the 2nd Eastern General Hospital in Brighton. Exact date is not known but he was serving as a WO1 RAMC in the 2nd London General Chelsea in December 1916 when he contracted the disease. He was discharged from the Army on 31st March 1919. He had served with the RAMC in India between 1914 and 1916, also serving on three Hospital Ships. The Dunvegan, The Varsova and finally the H.S. Neuralia. I am still writing Walter’s story.
Army 7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. William James Mail
British Army 6th Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
(d.20th Sept 1916 )
Cpl. Thomas Henry Maile
British Army 1/8th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Brampton, Huntingdonshire
(d.17th or 27th Aug 1916)
Harry Maile was the eldest son of George Charles and Ada Mary Maile of Brampton,Huntingdonshire. He enlisted in The Hunts Cyclists around June of 1915. His HCB number was 207. He was posted to B Company of the 1/1st Battalion of the Huntingdonshire Cycle Division. Later he transferred to the 1/8th Battalion of the Royal Warwickshire Regiment (T.F)
Harry was killed in action on either the 17th August 1916 (this is the date on his parents gravestone in Brampton.Huntingdon, Cementry) or 27th August 1916. His name is on The Thiepval Memorial of the Missing of The Somme.
Always remembered by his family -Great Uncle Harry we will never forget the sacrifice you made for us.R.I.P.
William "Billy" Mailer
from:Bolton, Lancs.
William Mailer was my Grandmother's fiance and died in WWI sometime between 1916-1917. His home was Bolton, Lancashire.
L/Cpl. John Henry Mailey
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Belfast
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. Alexander Main
British Army 6th Btn. Gordon Highlanders
from:Portsoy
(d.23rd November 1916)
Private Alexander Main was killed on 23rd November 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial Pier and Face 15B and 15C.
Cmdr(E). Charles Main
Royal Navy HMS Shakespeare
from:Bedhamton, Hants
(d.31st May 1918)
My wife's Great Uncle, Charles Main, had joined the Royal Navy in 1898 and ascended the ranks of engineering officers. He served in many ships, most notably at the Battle of Jutland as Engineer Lieutenant in the destroyer HMS Marne, sadly at the same time that his elder brother, Engineer Commander Reuben Main was killed in action when HMS Invincible was destroyed.
In 1917 he joined HMS Shakespeare while she was building at Thornycroft's in Southampton, nice and convenient for home with wife and two daughters, presumably to familiarise and supervise, these being a radically new design. He was appointed Engineer Commander at the same time. On 31st May 1918, two years to the day after Jutland, Shakespeare struck a mine off the Essex coast whilst patrolling as leader of the 10th Flotilla of the Harwich Force. Unusually, he was the only death, the only reported casualty. Shakespeare was towed back to Harwich by the light cruiser Centaur. Charles is buried in Bedhampton Churchyard.
Almost all written sources and websites give the date of this incident as June, more specifically 1st of June. Against this I must set his service record and his gravestone, both of which say May 31st, plus the logbook of HMS Shakespeare which ends on that date and does not resume until October 1918, but strangely does not refer to any casualties. Furthermore, the first entry in HMS Centaur's log for 1st of June is Shakespeare under tow, of which there are pictures, with her down by the stern. If anyone can resolve this conundrum, I would love to hear from them.
Pte. George William Main
British Army 9th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Kings Lynn, Norfolk
(d.4th October 1917)
Pte. William Main
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots
(d.26th Feb 1915)
William Main, Private 11150, is remembered as one of the missing on the Menin Gate in Ypres.
Lt.Col. Cecil Mainprise
Royal Army Medical Corps No.5 Casualty Clearing Station
Cecil Mainprise was the Commanding Officer of Number 5 Casualty Clearing Station in Corbie and its move to Albert. He took Command on the 11th of November 1915. Reference War Diary of that date. His signature is illegible for most but he is identified on the 13th of December 1916.
Captain Cecil Mainprise served throughout the First World War in various theatres, eventually becoming a Major-General and Commandant of the Royal Medical College before retiring in 1926. He died in Aldershot in 1951, aged 77.
Pte. William Mainville
Canadian Expeditionary Force 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company
William Mainville served with the 1st Canadian Tunnelling Company. I have got his British War Medal.
Gnr Alec Maitland
British Army 1st Ayrshire Brigade, Ayr Battery Royal Horse Artillery
from:Ayr
Stoker Abdul Majid
Royal Indian Marine
(d.4 Aug 1914)
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Lascar Abdul Majid
Royal Indian Marine
(d.10 Jul 1916)
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L/Cpl. Tom Cammish Major
British Army 9th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Filey
(d.6th Oct 1918)
Lance Corporal Tom Major died aged 21 on the Somme. He was my late mother's uncle, though he died before she was born. Some time after her death, I discovered details of his death and commemoration in a simple search of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, and quickly found his grave and details of its inscription, at Tincourt British Cemetery in France. Amongst my mother's family photographs is this one of him with some of his fellow servicemen. He is 2nd from the left, middle row.
I currently am unable to find out any further details of how he died, but I keep searching.
Pte. William John Major
British Army 2nd Btn Northampton Regiment
from:Helmdon
(d.9th May 1915 )
William John Major was the fifth child of 7 born to Timothy Humphrey Major and Anne Elizabeth Ayres, born in 1887 in Falcutt, Northamptonshire. Around 1893 Anne, William's mother left the family and moved to Derbyshire and then Yorkshire with another man, leaving Timothy to bring up all the children with the help of the eldest daughter Charlotte. In 1899 William got into trouble with the law and was arrested for larceny against Ann Franklin and consequently, because of the situation the family were in, was sent to Gem Street Industrial School in Birmingham. Following this he joined the British Army and in 1911 was serving with the Northamptonshire Regiment in Floriana Barracks in Malta. His service number was 9091.
William died on 9th May 1915. He is commemorated at the Ploegsteert Memorial in Belgium
Pte. Ernest Charles Makeham
British Army Middlesex Regiment
from:21, Meon Rd., Acton, London
(d.11th Oct 1918)
Lance Sjt. J. Makepeace
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. John James Makepeace
British Army 19th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Served with 18th DLI
Pte. Samuel Mallet Makepeace
British Army 4th Batt. Durham Light Infantry
from:Cemetery Road, Gateshead
(d.6th Aug 1917)
Samuel Mallet Makepeace was 5’6” tall, weighed 125lbs and had a 35” chest, excellent vision, and the sparkling blue eyes that only appear once or twice in each generation of the Makepeace family. By all accounts, he was quite popular with the ladies but eventually got engaged to Mary Byrne of 45 Northbourne Street, in July 1914. Shortly after this date, he converted to Roman Catholic to the horror of his parents who disowned him and turfed him out of the family home. He moved in with Mary (who was already pregnant with his child) and her family at Northbourne Street. On 26th September, 1914, he married Mary at St. Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Gateshead and they moved to 69 Arthur Street, just off Prince Consort Road. Their daughter, Elizabeth Teresa, was born on 9 April 1915.
On 3 December 1915, Samuel enlisted at Newcastle and was posted to the Army Reserve as he was in a reserved occupation however on 2 November 1916, he received correspondence releasing him from his work with the railway and ordering him to take his place in the Army. He was posted on 17 November to the 4th Batt. Durham Light Infantry (DLI) as Private 39419 S Makepeace and the following day departed to Seaham Harbour Training Camp.
During his time there he was reprimanded twice – the first time on 8 December 1916 for being in the canteen during parade hours (for which he was fined 3 days loss of pay) and the second on 2 February 1917 for overstaying his embarkation leave by 11 hours – he had to forfeit two days leave for this. I wonder if he might have overstayed for longer had he known that this would be the last time he would see his wife and daughter?
The entire Battalion left Seaham Harbour by train on 8th February bound for Folkestone where they arrived the following day and boarded the SS Victoria which took them to Boulogne where they disembarked the following morning. Four days later, Samuel and his comrades were posted to the 14th Batt. DLI, Officer Commanding 35th Infantry Batt. at Etapes. They did see action there but very little is recorded of the minor skirmishes that took place at that time. On 5 March, orders were received that the men were to be re-posted to the 15th Batt. DLI and they undertook a four-day march joining the Battalion on the battlefield immediately they arrived on 9 March.
Samuel was caught in a gas attack on 13 April 1917, during the Battle of Arras and was moved to the VII Corps Main Dressing Station at Boisieux-au-Mont, two days later. Considering that he was unlikely to recover so near to the battlefront, he was moved to the 43rd Casualty Clearing Station on 29 April. But he did recover and returned to the Officer Commanding 35th Infantry Battalion at Etapes on 26th May, re-joining his regiment on 2nd June and arriving back at the frontline on 10th June.
On 4th August 1917, he was badly wounded – his legs were blown off in a shell attack by the Huns eager to get back the two or three yards of territory that they had lost. Samuel died from his wounds at the 20th Casualty Clearing Station on 6 August 1917 and was buried in the Bucquouy Road Cemetery near the village of Ficheux. In 1920, following the re-organisation of War Graves, the Commonwealth War Graves Commission erected a headstone to Samuel’s memory marking the spot where his grave now lies. This headstone records the date of his death incorrectly and an appeal has been made for a correction.
Meanwhile back in England… Samuel’s wife, Mary and daughter Elizabeth Teresa, moved from 69 to 71 Arthur Street in 1917 and a little later that year to 19 Margaret Street, Washington. The War Office, upon receiving a telegram of Samuel’s death, telegraphed the Infantry Battalion HQ at York who duly issued the telegram to Mary. I was initially very surprised to find that this has survived and is in the National Archive but it made sense when I read the next document that advised that the telegram had not been delivered as she had moved away and not provided a forwarding address. It was not until February 1918 that Mary must have realised that Samuel was dead and contacted the War Office. She made a claim for and eventually received his medals (the British War Medal and the Victory Medal) and also made a claim for a widow’s pension for her and Elizabeth. To get the pension, she had to provide proof of family connection and here she became a bit stuck.
Following Samuel’s conversion to the RC faith, his family had disowned him and Mary was not made welcome in the family home. As the years had elapsed she had probably forgotten Sam’s parents and brothers and sisters and those she could recollect and their addresses, she got confused on the official claim form. Nevertheless, she was granted a pension of 18s 9d per week. She later lost this when custody of their child was passed to her mother-in-law. What became of Mary we do not know. Elizabeth Teresa was sent to a Catholic Childrens' home in 1928 where she remained until her death in 1999 - unknown to any family born after WW1.
Pte. G. S. Makin
Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Salvage Coy.
Lt. George Leslie Makin
Australian Imperial Force 5th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
(d.25th Aug 1918)
George Leslie Makin was born in North Melbourne, Victoria, on 4 April 1894, and was educated at St. Alban's State School. He had served for three years with the 51st Regiment of the Citizen Forces at Albert Park by the time he enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force (AIF) on 18 August 1914.
Makin was posted to the 5th Infantry Battalion, and embarked on-board HMAT Orvieto on 21 October 1914. He served at Gallipoli until October of 1915, when he was taken ill with enteric fever. After spending time in hospital on Lemnos, he was eventually evacuated to England, where he was hospitalised for several weeks. He re-joined his battalion in June 1916, by which time they were fighting on the Western Front, in France.
Makin wrote many letters home during his service, often expressing homesickness and worry for his mother. He also wrote of the trying conditions he faced in France, and was hospitalised with illness on several other occasions. Despite these difficulties, he was promoted a number of times, eventually being promoted to lieutenant on 9 September 1916.
On 25 August 1918, Makin was leading his company in an attack at St. Martin's Wood, when he was badly wounded. He was admitted to the 3rd Field Ambulance, before being transferred to the 61st Casualty Clearing Station, and finally to the 8th General Hospital in Rouen, France where he succumbed to his wounds on 8 September 1918. George Leslie Makin is buried at St. Sever Cemetery, Rouen.
Pte. Harold Makin
British Army 12th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.25th Sep 1915)
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