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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)
Pte. Hugh Makin
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.7th May 1915)
Gnr. Ralph Makin
British Army 32nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:13 Howard Street, Plank Lane, Leigh, Lancashire
(d.13th July 1916)
Gnr. Ralph Makin
British Army 32nd Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:13 Howard Street, Leigh, Lancashire
(d.13th July 1916)
Ralph Makin was born 1886 at Wigan Lancashire. He lived at 13 Howard Street, Leigh, Lancashire and worked as a miner for Plank Lane Collieries.
He joined the Garrison Artillery in August 1914 and was deployed to France around October 1915 as part of 32nd Siege Battery. He was killed in action on 13th of July 1916 at the Somme by enemy shell fire. He left behind a wife Ellen Makin and a daughter Annie Makin. He is buried at Peronne Road Cemetery.
Pte. Richard Makin
British Army 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:106 Ringley Road, Outwood, Stoneclough, Manchester
(d.22nd October 1917 )
Richard Makin was posted as missing, body was never recovered. He was 22 years old. He is remembered with Honour on the Tyne Cot Memorial
Pte. Richard Makin
British Army 18th (2nd South East Lancashire) Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:106 Ringley Road, Outwood, Stoneclough, Manchester
(d.22nd Oct 1917)
Pte. Richard Makin
British Army 18th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:106 Ringley Road, Outwood, Stoneclough
(d.22nd October 1917 )
Richard Makin was aged 22 years at time of his death.
Pte. Richard Makin
British Army 18th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:106 Ringley Road, Outwood, Stoneclough, Manchester
(d.22nd October 1917 )
Richard Makin was 22 years old when he died.
Edward Makinson
British Army 5th Btn Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
from:Lancaster
(d.30th Nov 1917)
Edward Makinson served in the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, 5th Battalion he went to France but was injured in April 1915 and went back in as Major Atkinson's Batman. He was killed 30th Nov 1917 but no body was found, we believe parts of his body lie with in a grave at Bourlon Wood. His name is on the memorial panel at Cambria and his name is also on the Kings Own Royal Lancaster Regiment Panel at Lancaster.
Edward Makinson
British Army 5th Btn. King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment)
from:Lancaster
(d.30th Nov 1917 )
Edward Makinson's body was never found and he has no grave we believe he died on this day.
Mjr. George John "Chummy" Malcolm
Royal Air Force 20th Squadron Royal Flying Corps
(d.9th Jul 1916)
George Malcolm served with the Royal Field Artillery and No.Squadron, Royal Flying Corps. He was mentioned in Despatches. Son of George and Frances Emily Malcolm of 48 Perham Road, West Kensington, London.
Pte. James Malcolm MM.
British Army 4th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
from:Dundee
(d.12th October 1918)
James Malcolm was my great uncle. He was a stretcher bearer with 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders. He was killed whilst tending to an injured comrade on the battlefield. Aged 20, he is buried at Iwuy Communal Cemetery in Northern France.
Stoker. John Robert Malcolm
Royal Navy HMS Queen Mary
from:14 Union Street West, Stockton on Tees
(d.31st May 1916)
John Malcolm was lost at sea during the Battle of Jutland, he left a 1 year old son John and a wife Delia. He was the son of George and Mary.
Lt. Hubert Malcolmson
British Army 6th Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
(d.16th September 1916)
Lieutenant Malcolmson died of wounds and is buried in the south west corner of the Clonmel Friends' Burial Ground, Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
Pte. John Male
British Army 2/6th Battalion Notts & Derby
from:High Wycombe
(d.16th April 1918)
VAD. Malet
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 16 Stationary Hospital
Cpl. Joseph Stanislaus Maley
British Army 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Btn. B Coy. Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow, Scotland
(d.17th May 1915)
Josie Maley died of wounds on the 17th May 1915 aged 22 at the battle of Festubert and is buried in Bethune Town Cemetery, France. Son of Thomas E. Maley and Elizabeth Maley of 66, Wilton St. Glasgow, he was known as Josie to his family and friends. Josie's memory was kept alive by his family and he was never forgotten by his three younger sisters. In later years this photograph always had pride of place in the home of one of them.
Pte. G. Malia
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
G Malia was wounded in 1916
Pte. John Malia
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
Pte. Martin Malia
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
Martin Malia was wounded in June-July 1916
Pte. Patrick Malia
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:North Shields
(d.1st July 1916)
Patrick Malia is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Cpl, Arthur Malins
British Army 2/12th Btn. London Regiment
(d.9th September 1917)
Pte. Lawrence Malkin
British Army 11th Company Machine Gun Corps
from:Driffield, East Yorkshire
On 26th of September 1914, Lawrence Malkin enlisted in the 9th West Yorkshire Regiment and after training at Whitley Camp in Surrey, he was sent to the Dardanelles in July 1915. He had a very rough time with only 72 of his group surviving. He was sent to Alexandria in Egypt to recuperate.
In 1916, he was transferred to the 11th Company, Machine Guns Corps as a driver, possibly with horses. He was never wounded but was gassed. His experiences affected him for many years afterwards.
Cpl. James "Digger" Mallaby
British Army 46th Coy Machine Gun Corps
from:masham
This fine chap was my grandad, James Mallaby. Digger was the nickname given to him by the Australian soldiers he fought alongside in the MGC. Digger fought in the Somme and at Arras and was gassed and shot several times whilst on the stretcher to evacuation in June 1918. He survived the war and died in 1980 when he was 90. I have all my grandad's military records service, etc.
I remember him as a funny man with no hair and no eyebrows who loved a pint of a bitter at the Bruce Army in Masham, where he is still talked about to this day. I miss him and my mum both so much. God bless.
L/Cpl. Cyril Cox Mallatratt
British Army 15th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Hobhouse Lane, Mansfield
Pte. William Malledant
British Army 5th Btn. Wiltshire Regiment
from:Guernsey
(d.30th Mar 1917)
William Malledant was the son of Y.M. Malledant of Rosemary Lane, Guernsey, and was 22 years old at the time of death. He was killed in action in Basra, Iraq. His name is inscribed on the Basra Memorial.
Pte. John James Mallen
British Army 15th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
(d.27th Mar 1918)
John James Mallen served with the 15th Battalion Cheshire Regiment. He was aged 28 when he died on 27th March 1918. Born in Jarrow in 1889 he was the son of Bernard and Ann Mallen (nee Hanlon) of 10 Short Row Jarrow. On the 1911 census, he is listed as John James Mallen age 21 Chipper and Painter in Shipyard living with his parents Bernard and Ann Mallen and family at 10 Short Row, Jarrow.
John is remembered on the Pozieres Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte. John Henry Mallender
British Army 11th Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Worksop, Nottinghamshire
(d.23rd June 1916)
Private John Henry Mallender, 11th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters, was killed in action on 23rd June 1916, age 24. He was a cousin of my maternal grandmother, Doris Bowles nee Mallender, and the son of James and Emily Mallender, 39 King Street, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. John is buried in Albert Communal Cemetery Extension, Albert, Somme, France. "A corner of a foreign field that will be forever England."
Pte. Thomas Malley
British Army 23rd (4th Tyneside Scottish) Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.1916)
My Great Uncle Thomas Malley's name is on the Stirling War Memorial as having died in the First World War, and having served with the 4th Tyneside Scottish 23rd Northumberland Fusiliers, but I cannot find any more information on him and would be most grateful if anybody could tell me at what battle, where and when he died.
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