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13th Reserve Battalion, Canadian Infantry Murray William McKnight was born in Apohaqui, New Brunswick, Canada on 2 September 1896. He was the eldest son of Hanford and Margaret McKnight. He had two younger siblings, Hanford and Marguerite. At the time of his enlistment into the Army, on 20 May 1918, Murray declared himself single, religion […]

4th (Reserve) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Almost nothing is known of Edward Francis McIntosh’s background. There is no firm evidence that he was born locally. His Medal Index Card shows him to have enlisted in the Gloucestershire Regiment, with the number 4561 and this was thought to be with the 1/6th (Territorial Force) Battalion. In early

7th Training Squadron, Australian Flying Squad Roy Nelson Victor McGuffie was born on 12 December 1887 at Hobart in Tasmania. He was the son of Daniel and Marie McGuffie and the husband of Lucy Veronica McGuffie of Furneaux Street, Cooktown, Queensland: the couple had three children. Prior to enlistment Roy had an unusual occupation, as

5th Battalion (Saskatchewan), Canadian Infantry George Frederick Wilson McCutcheon was born on 24 April 1894 at Brussels, Huron County, Ontario: he was the son of John and Mary McCutcheon who had left Ontario to homestead at Larcombe, Alberta. A single man, he was working as a hardware clerk at Cereal, Alberta when he enlisted into

62 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps Alexander Fenton McCullough is an interesting individual in that he was originally a member of the Canadian Army Service Corps and later was commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps (RFC). He was born on 24 March 1894, in Ottowa, Ontario to Alexander and Mary M McCullough. His father may have

3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment No Army Service or Pension Records have survived for Private Mayo, so information on him is scant but such records that do exist enable us to build up a reasonable picture. Charles Albert Mayo (he may have been known as ‘Albert’) was born in Gloucester in 1895. It would appear that

Royal Engineers Mervyn Matthews was the only son of Colonel John Charles Matthews (formerly of the Middlesex Regiment) and Helena Susanna Matthews of Glenure House, Cirencester Road, Charlton Kings. He was schooled at Clifton College and then the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich from whence he received a commission in the Royal Engineers in 1912.

3rd (Reserve) Battalion, Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Private Mathews was a young recruit, who appears to have died from illness or by way of an accident, whilst undertaking basic training. In common with many similar cases, there is very little documentation on his limited Army service. William Henry Mathews was born at Temple Guiting

Royal Engineers Thomas Joseph Mathews was born in 1893, and baptised with his siblings Emily, Charles, Walter, James, Agnes and Ethel on 26 November 1905 at Sherborne. Thomas was the son of Thomas Frederick Mathews and Lydia Kate (née Sutton). And his siblings were Eva (1890), Nelly Kate (1892), Emily Rose (1894), Charles Raymond (1896),

5th (Reserve) Battalion, Coldstream Guards John Knight was born at Itchingfield, near Horsham, Sussex in 1885, possibly the only child of George and Fanny Knight. Prior to the Great War he appears to have undertaken general labouring and gardening work. In the latter part of 1911, he married Kate Elizabeth Ellen Beard at Horsham. Kate,

3rd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment Maurice John Knight was born in 1894 and at the time of enlistment was aged 20 years, unmarried and living at Victoria Cottage, Churchdown, employed as a labourer. He enlisted for the duration of the war, home service only, on 6 July 1915 (although there is some evidence of previous service