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Mc Evoy, John

Address
Cornmarket, Wexford
Service No.
15741
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
9th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
In his will he left everything to his aunt Annie Reid, 19 William Street, Wexford. In the 1911 Census he was aged 29 and residing with her at Cornmarket.

Mc Grath, James

Date of Birth
Service No.
12212
Rank
Private
Regiment
Cheshire Regiment
1st Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Son of Miss Margaret McGrath.

Mc Grath, John

Service No.
8688
Rank
Private
Regiment
Irish Guards
1st Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Siblings Thomas and Kate

Mc Grath, Martin

Date of Birth
Service No.
265797
Rank
Private
Regiment
Scottish Rifles
7th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action Egypt
Other Biographical Details
Son of James and Julia McGrath nee Bennett of 8 Bishop Street, Anderston, Glasgow.

Mc Grath, Michael

Service No.
26158
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers
8th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Son of William and Bridget McGrath of Redmoore Cottage, Duncormick.

Mc Grath, Thomas

Address
31 Monument Place, Wexford
Service No.
17877
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
1st Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Son of John and Elizabeth McGrath of 31 Monument Place, Wexford. 

Mc Sorley, Andrew

Date of Birth
Service No.
9630
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Enniskillen Fusiliers
1st Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action Gallipoli
Other Biographical Details

Son of Robert and Sarah McSorley nee Funston of 6 McAlpine Street, Glasgow.

McCarthy, Bartholomew

Date of Birth
Rank
Fireman
Regiment
Mercantile Marine
SS Lusitania (Liverpool)
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Lusitania sunk by German submarine U-20.
Other Biographical Details

Son of the late Bartholomew and Margaret McCarthy nee Kehoe. Commemorated at the Tower Hill Memorial.

McCaul, Stephen James

Date of Birth
Address
991/2 Elm Street, Yonkers, New York, USA.
Service No.
1210683
Rank
Private
Regiment
US Army
Company E, 107 Infantry
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in action at Amiens, France
Other Biographical Details

Son of Richard and Bridget McCaul nee Doyle. 

Mcclean, William

Date of Birth
Address
Enniscorthy
Service No.
8815
Rank
Gunner
Regiment
Machine Gun Corps
1st Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Son of Mrs Alice McClean of 437 West Derby Road, Liverpool.

McCormack, John.

Service No.
6871
Rank
Guardsman
Regiment
Irish Guards
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died from liver abscess at Wexford Workhouse. Discharged from Army 29.12.1915.
Other Biographical Details

Son John McCormack RIC.Husband of Mary McCormick née Harrison of Duke Street, Wexford.

Mcdonald, James

Address
Ferrybank, Co Kilkenny
Service No.
8189
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds, France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Husband of Mary Anne McDonald of Glasshouse, Ferrybank, Waterford.

McDonald, Thomas

Date of Birth
Address
Woodville Terrace, Clonmel
Rank
Quartermaster
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
5th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died at home after short illness.
Other Biographical Details

Son of Matthew and Catherine McDonald nee Cogley. Husband of Mary McDonald, 31 Woodville Terrace, Clonmel. Career Solider 22 years. Served in India.

Mcdonald, William

Date of Birth
Address
Ballinagran, Courtown Harbour, Gorey
Service No.
76647
Rank
Driver
Regiment
Royal Horse Artillery
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed by shell fire, France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Article in a Wexford newspaper. Son of John and Bridget McDonald née Sheehan.

McEvoy, James

Service No.
22384
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Dublin Fusiliers
10th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Other Biographical Details

Son of Mary Underwood of the Faythe, Wexford and the late Thomas McEvoy. His mother married Benjamin Underwood in Wexford 1894.

McLennan, Farquhar John

Date of Birth
Rank
2nd Lieutenant
Regiment
Gordon Highlanders
1st Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action at Gillemont
Other Biographical Details

Son of John McLennan of Killough House, Bray, Co.Wicklows Son of John and Emily Jane McLennan née Heatley

McMenamon, Michael

Date of Birth
Rank
Unknown
Regiment
Royal Irish Rifles
Circumstances of Death
Died of wounds at No. 1 Southern Hospital, Rouen, 29.4.1916, age 21
Other Biographical Details

Son of John and Catherine McMenamon née Devlin. His father was a Sergeant in the RIC. The 1901 Census shows the family at Ballyfarnan, Co. Roscommon. His father was then a RIC pensioner and a shopkeeper provision dealer. Children were James (17), Thomas (15), Patrick (14), Catherine (10), John (8), Michael (6), all born in Co. Wexford. By 1911 his parents were at Carrickmaclin, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan

Melia, James

Date of Birth
Address
Enniscorthy
Service No.
58360
Rank
Private
Regiment
Durham Light Infantry
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds France and Flanders, Prisoner of War
Other Biographical Details

Enlisted in St Helen's. Son of Charles and Catherine Melia of 66 Phythian Street St Helen's, Lancs.

Mellefont, Thomas Gray

Date of Birth
Address
Riverchapel, Courtown, Co. Wexford
Service No.
2/9887
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Royal Irish Rifles
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action at Bethune, Pas-de-Calais, France
Other Biographical Details

Youngest son of Robert and Susan Mellefont née Gilbert. His Father, born in Carne, Co. Wexford was station officer in the Coast Guard. 1901 census shows family living in Riverchapel. Thomas enlisted before the War in Jan 1912. His brother Gilbert served with the Royal Navy and survived the War. Thomas is commemorated on a memorial in the former Mariners Church, Dun Laoghaire which is now a museum.  

Menelaws, William Ferguson

Address
Ross Road, Enniscorthy
Service No.
10615
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of wounds to head from bursting shell, France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Born Fort George Invernesshire. Lived at 7 Redmond St. Enniscorthy with Mother Mary and Stepfather James Doherty. Son of William and Mary Menelaws née Bolger. The 1911 Census shows him, aged 16, at 86 Ross Road, Enniscorthy.

Mercer, Samuel Alexander

Date of Birth
Service No.
WR/552234, also 168453
Rank
Corporal
Regiment
Royal Engineers
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died in Mesopotamia
Other Biographical Details
Son of George and Anna Rebecca Mercer nee Clarke of Gorey.

Mernagh, James

Date of Birth
Service No.
K/30267
Rank
Stoker 2nd Class
Regiment
Royal Navy
HMS Invincible
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
HMS Invincible was sunk during the battle of Jutland.
Other Biographical Details
Son of James and Eliza Mernagh of Clonroche. Free Press article 1915.

Mernagh, James

Service No.
21202
Rank
Gunner
Regiment
Royal Garrison Artillery
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Son of Margaret Mernagh of Upper Mary Street, New Ross.

Mernagh, Patrick

Date of Birth
Service No.
3834
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
6th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

 Son of James and Kate Mernagh née Bolger of Enniscorthy. Married Mary Leary of 11 Patrick Street, Enniscorthy on 26.1.1914

Mernagh, William

Date of Birth
Service No.
4381
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Son of John and Margaret Mernagh nee Culleton of Upper Mary Street, New Ross.

Merner, John Patrick

Date of Birth
Service No.
5233
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Field Artillery
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
France and Flanders Died from heart failure in France
Other Biographical Details
Son of John and Alice Merner née Pettitt.

Merrigan, Patrick

Date of Birth
Address
New Ross
Rank
Able Seaman
Regiment
Mercantile Marine
SS Lapwing (Arbroath)
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
While on a voyage from Rotterdam to London, SS Lapwing hit a mine laid by German Submarine UC-4.
Other Biographical Details
Son of Patrick and Mary Merrigan nee Maddock of 5 Old Post Office Lane, New Ross.

Merriman, Edward

Head and shoulder shot in uniform, seated.
Date of Birth
Address
Wexford
Service No.
3183
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Munster Fusiliers
6th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of wounds in Gallipolli
Other Biographical Details

Son of Edward and Mary Merriman nee Murphy of 52 Faythe Street, Wexford. 

Merriman, Thomas

Date of Birth
Address
Kilcannon, Enniscorthy
Service No.
7974
Rank
Lance Corporal
Regiment
Leinster Regiment
2nd Battalion
Medals
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details

Son of Thomas and Anne Merriman née Carney 

Meyler, Michael

Date of Birth
Service No.
110470
Rank
Armourer
Regiment
Royal Navy
HMS Goliath
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Sunk by three torpedoes fired from the Turkish torpedo boat Muavenet which was manned by a German crew at the time.
Other Biographical Details

Son of the late James and Anne Meyler. (Married 1881) Co. Wexford. The 1911 Census shows him with his wife Philippa at 12 Amherst Street, Pennycomequick, Plymouth. Children present were Adelaide (28), John (23), Francis (16) and Norman (12). Widow at 9 Holdsworth Street, Pennycomequick, Plymouth. Body not recovered for burial. Appears on the Plymouth Naval Memorial.

Meyler, Moses

Date of Birth
Address
Store Street, Dublin
Service No.
875144
Rank
Private
Regiment
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Kiled in Action southwest of Souchez, body not recovered
Other Biographical Details

Son of Nicholas Meyler and Mary Roche. Married Winifred Grant, Store Street, Dublin in Pro Cathedral on 17 August 1913. Arrived Quebec, Canada, 31 August 1913. Memorialised on Vimy Memorial, Pas-de-Calais.

Michael Carroll

Date of Birth
Address
Queen's, New York, USA
Rank
Private
Regiment
US Army
Gas Company 410, Medical Department
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in collision at sea
Other Biographical Details

The son of Thomas and Margaret Carroll nee Howlin, Ballyconigar, Blackwater, Co. Wexford. His father was a farmer. Married Nellie Clogher at Queen's, New York, 13 September 1918.  He was a medical student when he was drafted into the US Army in 1918. He was aboard the troopship HMS Otranto on the way to Britain when his vessel collided with HMS Kashmir during a severe storm near Islay, Inner Hebrides, Scotland. Buried at Kilchoman Cemetery, Islay. Re-interred at Queen's Cemetery, New York.

Middleton, Patrick

Date of Birth
Address
Liverpool.
Service No.
5866
Rank
Private
Regiment
Royal Irish Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds France and Flanders while a POW
Other Biographical Details
Son of Tomas and Mary Middleton née Hennessy. Mother at 23 Arlington Street, Liverpool.

Millar, James Joseph Francis

Date of Birth
Address
Rockfield', Spawell Road, Wexford
Rank
Second Lieutenant
Regiment
Royal Irish Rifles
5th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Germany
Other Biographical Details
Son of Samuel and Julia Millar nee Hayes of Wexford. Husband of Mary Josephine Millar of 'Rockfield' Spawel Road, Wexford.

Miller, Joseph

Date of Birth
Address
Beverly, West Australia.
Service No.
6297
Rank
Private
Regiment
Australian Infantry
16th Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Shot by the Germans while breaking out of Prison camp.
Other Biographical Details
Husband of Lurline Meroula Miller, 3 Brown Street, Subiaco, West Australia. Son of Richard and Winifred Miller née Reilly

Miller, Laurence William

Date of Birth
Address
4 South View Villas, Bournemouth Road, Parkstone, Dorset
Service No.
J.20680
Rank
Leading Seaman
Regiment
Royal Navy
HMS Skate
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Died from pericarditis at Cornelia Hospital, Poole
Other Biographical Details

Son of  the late William Walter and Adele Eden Miller née Spicer. His father, born in England, was a Coast Guard boatman. The 1901 Census shows the family at Ballygillane, Rosslare. Children were Lawrence (3), Helena Irene (2) and Reginald George (4 months). Mother: Adele Eden resided at 4 South View Villas, Bournemouth Road, Parkstone, Dorset in 1919.

Mitten, Thomas

Date of Birth
Address
Coolballow, Wexford
Service No.
18027
Rank
Private
Regiment
South Lancashire Regiment
2nd Battalion
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France and Flanders
Other Biographical Details
Son of Thomas and Bridget Mitten née Aylward

Molloy, Patrick Joseph

Date of Birth
Service No.
1550
Rank
Sergeant
Regiment
Australian Infantry
24th Battalion
Medals
Date of Death
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action France
Other Biographical Details

Son of John and Rachel Molloy, Askinch, Coolgreaney, Co.Wexford. The 1901 Census shows him with the family at Stepaside, Co. Dublin. His father was an RIC constable. By 1911 his father was a farmer at Askinch, Co. Wexford, but Patrick was not present. Worked as a Farm Labourer in Australia

Awarded the Military Medal (AIF routine order No 16 dated 9th April 1918 and promoted to Sergeant) and is listed in the Commonwealth Gazette No 175 dated 7th November 1918.
Originally buried by the Rev, T.A. Campbell at Verloy. Re-interred  6 miles due north of Lillers 13-08-1918 in Thiemmes Military Cemetery.