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Edward McGill cap badgePrivate Edward McGill

5/6th Battalion Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
Service No: 202174

Edward McGill grave

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Personal details

Family Information

Son of James McGill and Mary McGill of 29 Summerlee St, Coatbridge. From the 1891 Census - Address - 2nd Close No Castle, Coatbridge - James McGill aged 38, Mary McGill aged 43, Mary J McGill aged 13, James McGill aged 11, Thomas McGill aged 10, John McGill aged 9, Sarah McGill aged 6, Edward McGill aged 4, Joseph McGill aged 2. From the 1901 Census - Address - 29 Summerlee St, Coatbridge - James McGill aged 48, Mary McGill aged 54, James McGill aged 22, Thomas McGill aged 20, John McGill aged 19, Edward McGill aged 14, Joseph McGill aged 12, Hugh McGill aged 9. Edward's Pension was refused to his father James.

Born / Resided

Coatbridge / 29 Summerlee St, Coatbridge

Died

Died of Wounds on the 04/06/1917 at the 45th Casualty Clearing Station at Achiet-le-Grand. Wounds received during the actions on the Hindenburg Line (part of the Battle of Arras)

Enlisted

Fort Matilda, Greenock

Employed

Iron Worker in the Summerlee Iron Works

Age

30

Buried / Remembered

Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension (I. I. 29), Pas de Calais, France

Cemetery / Memorial Information

The EXTENSION contains 1,424 Commonwealth burials and commemorations of the First World War. 200 of the burials are unidentified but there are special memorials to eight casualties known or believed to be buried among them. Other special memorials record the names of ten casualties buried in other cemeteries whose graves could not be found. There are also 42 German war graves in the extension.

Additional Information

On the 29/05/1916 the 1/5th Battalion merged with the 1/6th Battalion to become the 5/6th Battalion and were part of the 33rd Division. Edward received his wounds during the actions on the Hindenburg Line, 20th May - 16th June 1917. This was part of the Arras offensive (Battle of Arras), 9th April -16th June 1917 : Once again the British are called upon to launch an attack in support to a larger French offensive : the Battles of the Chemin des Dames and the hills of Champagne. The opening Battle of Vimy and the First Battle of the Scarpe are very encouraging, but once again the offensive - often known as the Battle of Arras - bogs down into an attritional slog. Final attempts to outflank the German lines at Bullecourt prove terribly costly. From April 1917 to March 1918, the village of Achiet-le-Grand was occupied by the 45th and 49th Casualty Clearing Stations. Achiet station was an allied railhead. The Communal Cemetery and Extension were used by Commonwealth medical units from April 1917 to March 1918. Grave photo kindly donated by Mick McCann at the British War Graves website who supply photos FREE OF CHARGE here. Edward is also remembered in the St. Augustine's Parish (book) Roll of Honour. See photos for Edward's Medal Index Card, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report, Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Edward's Pension Records x 3 and the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) Cap Badge.

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