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Theodore Byrne Gracie cap badgePrivate Theodore Byrne Gracie

5th (Service) Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers
Service No: 15814

Theodore Byrne Gracie grave

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Personal details

Family Information

Son of Robert Murray Gracie and Mary Kilpatrick Gracie. Husband of Annie Fernie Gracie. They were married on the 31/03/1911 at Auburn Place, Parkhead, Glasgow. Father of Alexander Gracie born 21/04/1911, Mary Kirkpatrick Gracie born 06/05/1913 and Grace Gracie born 17/12/1914. From the 1881 Census - Address - Markethill, East Kilbride - Robert Gracie aged 32, Mary K. Gracie aged 26, James K. Gracie aged 4, Robert Gracie aged 2, Theodore B. Gracie aged 6 months. From the 1891 Census - Address - 68 Doncaster St - Robert Gracie aged 42, Mary Gracie aged 35, James Gracie aged 14, Robert Gracie aged 11, Theodore Gracie aged 9, Grace Gracie aged 6, Charlotte Gracie aged 6 months, Archibald Gracie aged 3. From the 1901 Census - Address - 3a Southburn Rd, New Monkland - Robert M. Gracie aged 51, Sarah J. Gracie aged 40, Theodore B. Gracie aged 20, Grace Gracie aged 15, Charlotte A. Gracie aged 10. Theodore's Pension was awarded to his wife Annie of 70p Buchanan St, Coatbridge.

Born / Resided

Lochmaben, Dumfries / 17 Buchanan St, Coatbridge.

Died

Died at Home on the 16/02/1918 through sickness after being discharged on the 09/06/1916

Enlisted

Coatbridge 24/10/1914

Employed

Tube Worker.

Age

36 / DOB - 16/09/1881

Buried / Remembered

Old Monkland Cemetery (Section 229 Lair 72. Compartment 1), Coatbridge

Cemetery / Memorial Information

This Cemetery contains 33 First World War graves and 44 from the Second World War.

Additional Information

Theodore and the Battalion embarked at Liverpool and sailed to Gallipoli via Mudros landing at Suvla Bay on the 07/08/1915. They were part of the 31st Brigade, 10th (Irish) Division. In October 1915 they moved via Mudros to Salonika. The 5th and the 6th Battalion The Royal Irish Fusiliers, with the 31st Brigade in Lemnos recovering from recent action on the Gallipoli front, were embarked for the 10th (Irish) Division’s deployment to Salonika and arrived complete, after some delays, in Salonika by late October. Divisional HQ embarked at Liverpool on the 9th July, and by the end of the month most units had assembled on Lemnos. On the 6th - 7th August 1915 the Division landed at Suvla Bay, less the 29th Infantry Brigade which went to ANZAC Cove. The main body made an attack on Chocolate Hill on the 7th/8th August. Parts of 29th Infantry Brigade took part in actions on Sari Bair on the 6th - 10th August and at Hill 60 later that month. On the 29th September 1915 the Division withdrew from Gallipoli and moved to Mudros. On 4th - 5th October it went on to Salonika, landing there 5th - 10th October. Took part on the 7th and 8th December 1915 in the action at Kosturino during the retreat from Serbia. Theodore was discharged from the Army on the 09/06/1916 through sickness. He died at home. SEE PHOTOS x 39 FOR THE 5th (SERVICE) BATTALION ROYAL IRISH FUSILIERS WAR DIARY FROM JULY - SEPTEMBER 1915 IN GALLIPOLI. Theodore served here before being discharged in Salonika. I personally laid a Poppy at Theodore's Grave on the 27/03/2022 (Mother's Day). A huge thanks to Morag White who in 2012 arranged for Theodore's name on the Memorial and the erection of his CWGC headstone in Old Monkland Cemetery. Fantastic work by Morag. See photos for Theodore's Medal Index Card, his Pension Record, his Headstone Report, his CWGC Grave Registration, another 2 photos of his Grave in Old Monkland Cemetery, his Army Registers of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls x 2, Theodore's grave inscription reads "GRACE GRACIE 11/5/1920 MARY GRACIE 18/8/1926 ANNIE CAHILL 10/11/1967 RIP". If interested in the 10th (Irish) Division in Gallipoli read the online edition - HERE

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War Diaries

The battalion War Diary is available on the National Archives website.

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Comments
Theodore Byrne Gracie also has his name inscribed, although wrongly spelt by the Council, on the Coatbridge War Memorial. His name was added on the plinth. I was instrumental on having his name added there and also arranged for the Commonwealth War Grave Commission gravestone to be erected in Old Monkland Cemetery.
Morag White, Blackwood, South lanarkshire, 12/01/2022 2:44PM

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