Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookClelland, of St. Anne's Mount, Aigburth, Liverpool, by his wife, Margaret, dau. of David Smart, of Liverpool; _b._ Liverpool, 7 Feb. 1893; educ. Greenbank School, Liverpool; Clifton College, and Trinity College, Oxford, where he graduated in B.A., with honours in Jurisprudence, July, 1914. On the outbreak of war he joined the King's Liverpool Regt., 12 Aug. 1914, and was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 5 Sept. 1914, and went to the Front early in March, 1915. He was killed in action, while leading his platoon in the attack on the enemy's trenches at Richebourg L'Avoué, 16 May, 1915, and was buried in the Rue du Bois, about 2 miles west of Neuve Chapelle; _unm._ A cross bearing his name marks the spot. He was a keen fisher and motor cyclist. [Illustration: =Thomas McClelland.=] =McCLUSKEY, ALFRED JOHN=, L.-Corpl. No. 450, 10th Light Horse, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Andrew McCluskey, Ship's Steward, by his wife, Hannah Louisa (17, North Church Street, Bute Dock, Cardiff), dau. of Alfred Budding, of Cardiff, Shipwright; _b._ Cardiff, 20 May, 1877; educ. Mount Stuart Square National School there, and on leaving started work as a wagon builder in the North Central Wagon Works, Cardiff. Tiring of wagon building he followed in his dead father's footsteps and took to the sea. In Feb. 1907, he emigrated to Australia, and catching the "get rich quick" fever started out as a prospector with varying success. What money he made he speedily lost in speculation. Later he took up sheep farming, and worked in Western Australia until the outbreak of war, when he joined the Commonwealth Force, and was killed in action at Walkers Ridge, Anzac Beach, Gallipoli, 7 Aug. 1915; _unm._ His commanding officer wrote: "I personally knew that he was a good soldier, as during the whole of our training he personally came under my notice a great deal." [Illustration: =Alfred John McCluskey.=] =McCOMB, HUGH=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 5565), S.S. 100505, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =McCORMACK, JOHN=, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 28), 10131, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =McCORMICK, FRANK=, Stoker, 1st Class, 304180, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =McCREADIL, CHARLES=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26680 (Dev.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =McDERMOTT, FREDERICK AYLWARD=, Private, No. 857, 1st Battn. Australian Imperial Force, yst. _s._ of the late Cornelius William McDermott, Paymaster-in-Chief, R.N., by his wife, Mary Anne (7, Leigham Terrace, Plymouth); _b._ Rhyd-y-Gors, co. Carmarthen, 29 June, 1879; educ. Richmond (Yorkshire) Grammar School and Mannamead College, Plymouth; after the declaration of war enlisted in the Australian Imperial Force at Sydney, 1 Sept. 1914, and was killed, 7 June, 1915, while on observation duty in the firing line by the bursting of a Turkish high explosive shell, a piece of which pierced his heart. He was buried by the padre in the Anzac Beach cemetery; _unm._ General Sir William Birdwood wrote his sympathy in the loss of a son, who died so gallantly for his King and country. The Adjutant wrote that the late Private F. McDermott was thought very highly of by his late Capt. A. J. Shout, V.C., in whose company he was. [Illustration: =Frederick A. McDermott.=] =McDIARMID, KENNETH=, Capt., 3rd, attd. 2nd, Battn. King's Own Scottish Borderers, _s._ of the late John McDiarmid, of Auchenvin, Dalbeattie, Scotland, Shipowner, by his wife, Mary A. J. dau. of the late James Hosack; _b._ Liverpool, 26 Oct. 1881; educ. Sedbergh School and Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester; held an appointment in Burma with the Bombay Burma Trading Corporation, Ltd., and being home on leave at the outbreak of war, applied for a commission; was gazetted to the 3rd Battn. on 4 Sept., and later was transferred to the 2nd Battn.; promoted Lieut. 9 Nov. 1914, and Capt. subsequent to his death, 5 May, 1915, to date as from 2 Feb. 1915. He was killed in action on Hill 60 near Ypres, 18 April, 1915; _unm._ Writing to his mother, his commanding officer said: "He not only showed a splendid example of leadership, but of great heroism. Though wounded he refused to go away from the fighting line, and, finally, when his platoon was very much reduced in numbers and the Germans were in consequence pressing on to the parapet, he leapt on to the parapet himself and met his end most valiantly fighting at close quarters. He was an officer whose brave deeds will never be forgotten in the regt. and whose charming personality made a great impression on me for the short three weeks I knew him." A brother officer wrote: "He was wounded through the arm first, but refused to leave the firing line. About 6 a.m., while cheering on the Scottish Borderers, he was shot clean through the head and killed instantaneously. Your son was beloved by his men and fellow officers, and in losing him the regt. has lost one of its best officers, and myself one of my best chums. It is some little consolation to know that his bravery pulled his men together at a very critical point, and his memory will never be forgotten." And another officer: "The conduct of A Coy. was extraordinarily good. They had between 120 and 130 casualties out of 160. Lieut. McDiarmid did extraordinarily well there. Although severely wounded he kept up a rapid rifle fire behind a blockade until he was killed. I was told his conduct was absolutely heroic, for he succeeded in holding a very important communication trench, thus saving a rather dangerous situation, as but for his action it might well have resulted in our communications being cut." He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John French's Despatch of 31 May [London Gazette, 22 June], 1915. [Illustration: =Kenneth McDiarmid.=] =McDONALD, ALEXANDER TOM CLARK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11267, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =McDONALD, ARCHIBALD=, Private, No. 10076, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards; _b._ Barony, Glasgow; enlisted 4 Sept. 1914, aged 40; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; killed in action, 18 Dec. 1914; _m._ at Glasgow, 31 Dec. 1902, Annie, dau. of (--) Fay, and had two children: Archibald, _b._ 7 April, 1915; and Isabella, _b._ 5 June, 1904. =MACDONALD, ARCHIBALD=, Private, No. 10151, 1st Battn. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; died 31 Oct. 1914. =McDONALD, ANGUS=, Private, No. 10741, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of Donald McDonald, of 47, Hopehill Road, Glasgow; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died in No. 13 General Hospital, Boulogne, 20 March, 1915, of wounds received in action. =MACDONALD, REV. CHARLES GORDON=, 2nd Lieut., 1/6th Scottish Rifles (The Cameronians) (T.F.) |