Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookn's University O.T.C. in 1910, and gained his "A" certificate in infantry training and entered for his "B" certificate. He also acted as Musketry Lecturer, and received a medal from Count Gleichen for excellent work in the O.T.C. After the outbreak of war he was given a commission in the Post Office Rifles as 2nd Lieut. 5 Sept. 1914, and went to France with his battn. where he acted as bomb officer. On 23 April a small detachment of the battn. was stationed in a dug-out near Givenchy when a shell burst, wounding him severely. He was taken to the Military Hospital at Bethune, where he died, 23 April, 1915, and was buried in the Civil Cemetery there. Lieut. Maccabe was a keen sportsman and was for a long period captain of the Glendorra Lawn Tennis Club. He was also Hon. Treasurer of the Silverstream Hockey Club, and was a member of the committee of the Clytonville Football and Cricket Clubs. He _m._ at Belfast, 21 Nov. 1914, Amy Constance Robb, yst. dau. of Thomas McDowell, of Belfast; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Robert Maxwell Maccabe.=] =MACCABEE, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Private No. 7379, 2nd Battn. Royal Sussex Reg., _s._ of late William Maccabee, Royal Garrison Artillery; _b._ Portsmouth, 20 May, 1881; enlisted Feb. 1902, and was killed in action at Troyon, France, 7 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Portsmouth, 23 Feb. 1914, Annie Elizabeth, dau. of Joseph Ford, of Glastonbury, and had a posthumous dau., Eva Winnifred, _b._ 3 March 1915. [Illustration: =William Ernest Maccabee.=] =McCALL, ROBERT JAMES=, Private, No. 8/1276, Otago Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, 4th _s._ of James William McCall, of York Bar, Wellington, Plumber; _b._ Blenheim, Nov. 1884; educ. at Terrace End School; worked as an assistant to his father and afterwards with his brother, J. McCall, of Main Street, Palmerston; volunteered on the outbreak of war; enlisted and joined the New Zealand Expeditionary Force; was drafted to Otago Infantry Battn., and left New Zealand in Dec. 1914, with the Second Contingent; died of wounds received in action at the Dardanelles, 12 May, 1915; _unm._ McCall was well-known in football circles as a member of the Old Kai Toa Club, and later of the Orientals. [Illustration: =Robert James McCall.=] =McCANN, FRANK RICHARD=, Ordinary Seaman, J. 24018, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =McCAROGHER, JOHN OMMANNEY=, Private, No. 1848, 1/14th Battn. (The London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Ernest Joseph Chilton McCarogher, of Croydon, Bank Manager; _b._ Croydon, 19 May, 1895; educ. St. Dunstan's College; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914 and was killed in action at Messines, 1 Nov. 1914; _unm._ Buried on the battlefield. =McCARTEN, WILLIAM JAMES DANIEL=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3556), 216332, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =McCARTHY, DENIS=, Rifleman, No. 289, 3rd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, eldest _s._ of the late Denis McCarthy, of Cardiff, by his wife, Kathleen; _b._ Cardiff, 30 July, 1882; educ. St. Patrick School, Grangetown, there; enlisted in 1904, and, on completing his term of service with the Colours, became a tram conductor at Cardiff. When war broke out he rejoined his Battn.; went to France, 8 Sept. 1914, and was killed in action at Armentières, 23 Oct. 1914. He _m._ at Cardiff, 24 Dec. 1907, Mary Ann (16, Tyler Street, Roath, Cardiff), dau. of the late Ambrose Turner, of London, and had three children: William Denis, _b._ 25 Feb. 1911; Kathleen May, _b._ 15 Dec. 1909, and Eileen Mary, _b._ 6 Aug. 1913. [Illustration: =Denis McCarthy.=] =McCARTHY, GEORGE=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3235), S.S. 748. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =McCARTHY, JERRY JOSEPH=, L.-Corpl., No. 870. 2nd Battn. 1st Brigade, Australian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of Florence McCarthy, of Bantry, co. Cork, Farmer, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Denis McCarthy; _b._ Bantry, 6 Jan. 1876; educ. there; enlisted in the Royal Artillery, about 1895, became corpl. about 1897; served through the South African War, 1899-1902 (Queen's medal with clasps and King's medal with clasps), and afterwards went to Australia, about 1905. When the European War broke out he joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Anzac, Gallipoli, 3 May, 1915, during an attack on the Turkish trenches; _unm._ [Illustration: =Jerry Joseph McCarthy.=] =McCARTHY, WILFRED CYRIL=, Private, No. 1573, 6th Battn. Australian Imperial Force, only _s._ of the late David McCarthy, of Derby, Coal Merchant, by his wife, Edith Annie (34, York Street, Derby), dau. of Joseph Hirst; _b._ Derby, 14 Aug. 1884; educ. Ashbourne Road Council Schools, Derby, and emigrated to Australia in July, 1913; enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force shortly after the outbreak of war, and was killed in the Gallipoli Peninsula, 8 May, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Wilfred Cyril McCarthy.=] =McCARTNEY, JOSEPH DONKIN=, Petty Officer, 175178, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =McCARTY, MARTIN=, Private, No. 8357, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of John McCarty, of Glenmash, Westport, co. Mayo; _b._ Glenmash aforesaid; enlisted 5 Aug. 1912; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action, 16 May, 1915. =McCAUGHERTY, DAVID=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3079), 176815, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =McCLELLAND, CHARLES STEEN=, Private, No. 2086, 1/4th Battn. (Queen's Edinburgh Rifles), Royal Scots (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the Rev. Robert McClelland, Minister of Inchinnan, by his wife, Isabella Coutts, dau. of the Rev. William Corson, Minister of Girvan; _b._ Inchinnan Manse, co. Renfrew, 27 Jan. 1889; educ. Inchinnan Public School and Paisley Grammar School, and on leaving there entered the Union Bank of Scotland, Paisley, where he served his apprenticeship to banking, and was afterwards employed as ledger clerk in the Govan and Kinning Park, Glasgow branches of the same. In March, 1910, he accepted a post in a bank in Canada, but returned to Scotland the June following, and entered the Office of Messrs. McAndrew, Murray and Wright, of 9, Albyn Place, Edinburgh, where he was for some three years. On the outbreak of war he joined the 1/4th Royal Scots, in Sept. 1914, and after training at Edinburgh and Larbert, left for the East at the end of May, 1915. He arrived at the Dardanelles, 12 to 15 June, and was killed in action in the attack on the Turkish position on the Saghir Dere, Gallipoli, on 28 June, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Charles Steen McClelland.=] =McCLELLAND, SIDNEY=, Private, No. S. 6895, 4th Battn. Middlesex Regt., _s._ of John McClelland, of 3, Dowsett Road, Tottenham; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 28 May, 1915, of wounds received in action. =McCLELLAND, THOMAS=, 2nd Lieut., 7th Battn. The King's Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of Thomas Mc |