Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookry Rand; _b._ Stratford, co. Essex, 21 March, 1890; educ. Carpenter's Road Council School there; enlisted 19 July, 1907; went to France, 30 Jan. 1915, and died at a Clearing Station on 27 Feb. 1915, of wounds received at St. Eloi the previous day. He was buried in Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._ =MADIGAN, JAMES FRANCIS JOSEPH=, Private, 12 1703, Auckland Infantry Battn., New Zealand Expeditionary Force; volunteered for Imperial service after the outbreak of war; joined his unit at the Dardanelles, 8 May, 1915, and was killed in action, 8 June following. =MAGEE, RICHARD EDWARD=, Master-at-Arms, 164813, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =MAGILL, HUGH=, L.-Corpl., No. 11355, 1st Battn. Highland L.I., _s._ of Hugh Magill, of 17, Ardenlea Street, Bridgeton, Glasgow; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 11-18 March, 1915. =MAGUIRE, CHARLES=, Private, No. 8081, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards, _s._ of James Maguire, of Newton Farm, East Wemyss, Fife; _b._ Carnoustie, co. Forfar; enlisted 13 Nov. 1911; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders; dangerously wounded in the spine in action; admitted to hospital at Aldershot, 6 Nov. 1914, and died there, 12 July, 1915. =MAHONEY, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 12317, 2nd Battn. The Welsh Regt., _s._ of John Mahoney, of Convent Street, Bandon, co. Cork, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of William Gilman; _b._ Convent Hill, Bandon, co. Cork; educ. Convent School, Bandon; enlisted in the Royal Munster Fusiliers, and served nine years with the Colours, going through the South African War, for which he received the Queen's medal with three clasps. He then enlisted in the Royal Garrison Artillery at Tralee, 4 April, 1901, and served his time in Halifax. On the outbreak of the European War he again enlisted in the 2nd Welsh, 22 Aug. 1914; went to France, 2 Dec. 1914, and was killed in action at Festubert, 24 Dec. 1914. He _m._ at the R.C. Church, Dowlais, 29 Aug. 1897, Emily (29, Greenfield Terrace, Penydarren, near Merthyr), dau. of William Mitchell, and had two children: Daniel, _b._ 17 June, 1905; and Minnie, _b._ 11 June, 1898. While with the Munster Fusiliers Mahoney was a prominent regimental athlete. =MAHONY, FREDERICK HENRY=, Capt., 1st Battn. Cheshire Regt., only _s._ of Capt. Frederick Henry Mahony, late York and Lancaster Regt., for some years Adjutant of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Hounslow, by his wife, Elizabeth Mary, dau. of Lawrence Cahill; _b._ Lucknow, 24 Aug. 1874; educ. Dover College, and by Mr. Miller Maguire, the Army Tutor, etc.; enlisted in 1892 in the York and Lancaster Regt., and served for five years in the ranks. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 1st Cheshires, 24 Aug. 1898, and promoted Lieut., 2 June, 1900, and Capt., 10 Feb. 1906; served in the South African War, 1900; took part in the operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, attd. to the A.S.C., including actions at Dreifontein, Vet River, (5-6 May), and Zand River; in the Transvaal, May to June, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill (11-12 June), and in the Transvaal, East of Pretoria, July to Nov., including action at Belfast (26-27 Aug.), etc. (Queen's medal with five clasps); was employed with the West African Frontier Force, 28 Nov. 1900 to 9 July, 1904, first in Northern Nigeria, during operations against the Emir of Yola, 1901 (medal with clasp), and subsequently in Southern Nigeria with the Aro Expedition 1901-2 (clasp). From 8 Jan. 1906 to 31 March, 1908, he was Adjutant of the Durham L.I. Volunteers and of the Territorial Battn., 1 April, 1908, to Jan. 1909. He went to France with his battn. which formed part of the 15th Brigade, under Major-Gen. Count Gleichen, in Aug. 1914, and which he commanded in Oct. during the first desperate fighting in which the 2nd Army Corps was engaged in the neighbourhood of La Bassée. During this time he led a successful bayonet charge under very heavy artillery fire, and showed excellent coolness and courage, and was complimented by General Count Gleichen on the excellent work of his battn. On 22 Oct., near La Bassée, while on his way to give orders to some men in the trenches, he was mortally wounded by a bullet from a German sniper, who fired at him from a cottage window, over 1,000 yards distant, the bullet striking him in the shoulder and penetrating to the lungs. He was removed to the Clearing (114) Hospital at Bethune, where he died a couple of hours after his arrival. Before starting on his fatal journey to the trenches he had been asked, "Why not send a man with the message?" to which he replied: "I won't ask a man to do what I won't do myself." He was buried in Bethune Cemetery. Capt. Mahony was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatches of 14 Jan. 1915. He had been strongly recommended for the D.S.O. by General Count Gleichen, and according to information received by his relatives from the War Office this honour would have been duly awarded him had he lived. He _m._ at St. Mary Abbots, Kensington, 12 July, 1905, Ethel, dau. of John Paterson, of 42, Holland Park, W., and 1, Wallbrook, City, and had issue: Frederick Henry Patrick, _b._ 11 Feb. 1911; and Cynthia Patricia, _b._ 14 March, 1909. [Illustration: =Frederick Henry Mahony.=] =MAINE, JOSEPH LESLIE=, Corpl., No. 10399, 7th (Service) Battn. Gloucestershire Regt., _s._ of Thomas Maine, by his wife, Elizabeth Ann, dau. of Thomas Preece; _b._ Grangetown, Cardiff, 1 Aug. 1888; educ. Grange Schools, Cardiff; enlisted, Aug. 1914; promoted Corpl., 26 Sept.; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in the 13th Division at the Dardanelles from 17 June to 8 Aug. 1915, on which date he was killed in action there. He was a well-known member of the Bream Rugby Football Club. He _m._ at the Baptist Chapel, Parkend, 26 Dec. 1912, Hannah (Breams Tufts), dau. of Thomas Preece. =MAINWOOD, WILLIAM RICHARD=, Sergt., R.M.L.I., 10397 (R.F.R., Ch. A. 666), H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =MAIR, JOHN=, Private, No. 3334, 2nd Battn. Royal Scots, 2nd _s._ of Walter Mair, of Church Street, Newarthill, Motherwell, by his wife, Annie Glen, dau. of (--) Buchanan; _b._ Newarthill, co. Lanark, 13 May, 1880; educ. there; enlisted 12 Nov. 1901; went to France, 6 Oct. 1914, and was killed in action at Messines, 17 Nov. 1914. He _m._ at Forsyth, Newarthill, 8 April, 1910, Annie (now wife of James Reid, of 25, Drygate Street, Larkhall), dau. of John Dobbie, and had three children: Mary Sneddon, _b._ 26 June, 1910; Annie Glen Buchanan, _b._ 29 Jan. 1911; and Margaret Dobbie, _b._ 8 Dec. 1913. He was awarded the Second Class Certificate of Education, 9 April, 1908, and had the Mounted Infantry Certificate. =MAIRS, ALEXANDER=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7130), S.S. 101872, H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of John Mairs, of Kellswater Station, Randalstown, co. Antr |