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Patrick Thomas Egan

23 Friday Feb 2018

Posted by heidimcintosh in Front Line, Men who served

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Patrick was born in Wolverhampton in 1880, the son of Michael and Frances Egan. Patrick’s father had died by 1901, when they were living at 7 Lawyers Field, North Street, Wolverhampton, along with Patrick’s sister, Margaret. Patrick was a general labourer.

On 1 September 1914, Patrick enlisted with the 3rd Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment (service number 10128). However, on 25 September, a mere 25 days later, he was discharged as he was “Not likely to become an efficient soldier (Med. grounds).” His pension records stated that he had “Tubercle of Lungs”, with both lungs affected. The record also noted that he later died on 19 December 1914. Whilst Patrick does not appear on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission website, he is remembered on the Wolverhampton Roll of Honour, presumably because he did enlist on the outbreak of war, so was willing to serve his country.

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John McCarthy

11 Tuesday Jul 2017

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John was born in Wolverhampton in 1897, the son of John and Charlotte McCarthy. In 1901, they were living at 24 Lawyer’s Field, Wolverhampton, along with siblings Mary Ann and Thomas. They were at the same address in 1911, with a further two siblings, Kathleen and Charlotte. Apparently John was employed on the railway at some point, but I have not been able to confirm that.

At the outbreak of war, John enlisted in the 1st Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment (number 9833), first serving in France from 17 December 1914. He was killed in action on 18 March 1915 at the age of only 17, and is remembered at the Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery, Fleurbaix. An announcement of his death appeared in the Express & Star on 10 April 1915.

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