Ref ID: 51652706000
Name
William Hamilton McGucken.
Description
Newspaper Photograph of Private William Hamilton McGucken.
Life Story
Name: William Hamilton McGucken.
Service Number: 12881.
Rank: Private.
Battalion: 1st Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Born: 25th November 1890, Belfast.
Died: 9th June 1915.
Address: 96 M'Tier Street, Belfast
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William McGucken, son of Hugh McGucken and Elizabeth Boyd, Nee McGucken, Nee Niblock, lived at 96 M'Tier Street, Shankill, Belfast
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William joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 31st May 1915.
William was a Private in 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers when he was Killed In Action on the 9th June 1915 aged 24 years.
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A local newspaper states.
Official intimation has been received that Private Wm McGucken, 1st Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers, was killed in action in France on the 9th inst. Deceased enlisted shortly after the outbreak of war, prior to which he was employed as a riveter at the Queens Island. He left for the front on 1st June, and was only two days in the trenches when he was killed. He was the third son of the late Hugh McGucken, and his relatives reside at 96 M'Tier Street, Belfast
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Williams Soldiers Effects were left to his mother.
A Pension Application Form shows his mother as claimant.
Dependant Pension Application Forms also show his mother as claimant. Her address is given as Magheralin Lurgan at the time of claiming.
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William received the British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1915 Star.
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He is Remembered at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1915
Classification
Newspaper, Photograph, - Belfast Telegraph, Larne Times
