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Edward Joseph McBride |
Edward Joseph McBride
CWGC: (E. McBride)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion
No: 3004
Date of Death: 3rd October 1915
Buried: Mazingarbe Communal Cemetery
SNWM: (Edward J. McBride)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th Battalion (Territiorial)
No: 3004
Place of Birth: Uddingston
Date of Death: 3rd October 1915
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Died of Wounds
SDGW (1): (Edward Joseph McBride)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Highland Light Infantry, 9th Battalion (Territiorial)
No: 3004
Place of Birth: Uddingston, Lanarkshire
Place of Enlistment: Glasgow
Date of Death: 3rd October 1915
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Died of Wounds
SDGW (2): (Edward Joseph McBride)
Rank: Private
Regiment: Royal Engineeers, 189th Special Company
No: 91625
Place of Residence: Glasgow
Place of Enlistment: In the Field
Date of Death: 3rd October 1915
Place of Death: France & Flanders
Cause of Death: Killed in Action
MIC:
Edward J. McBride, Private, 9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, No. 3004, Private, Royal Engineers, No. 91625. Dead.
Medal Entitlement: 1914 Star, British War & Victory Medals
De Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour, Volume 2:
McBride, Edward Joseph, Corporal, No. 3004, 9th (Glasgow Highlanders) Battalion, the Highland Light Infantry (Territorial), eldest son of John McBride, 43 Finlay Drive, Dennistoun, Glasgow, Gut Manufacturer, by his wife Mary, daughter of Edward Mullen; born Uddingston, Glasgow, 28th October 1894; educated New Douai College*; High School, Glasgow and Technical College there, where he was an Analytical Chemistry Student when war broke out; joined the 9th Highland Light Infantry in September 1914; served with the Expeditionary Forces in France and Flanders from 2nd November following and was killed in action at Mazengarbe 3rd October 1915. Buried there. Unmarried.
(*Douai College - a Roman Catholic Seminary in Northern France)
Soldiers’ Effects (1):
Edward Joseph McBride, 1st/9th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Highlanders), No. 3004
Died at 38th Field Ambulance, 3rd October 1915. Mother & Sole Legatee Mary
Soldiers’ Effects (2):
Edward Joseph McBride, Royal Engineers, 189th Company, No. 91625.
Killed in Action 3rd October 1915. Mother & Sole Legatee Mary
Glasgow Herald, 13th October 1915. ‘Deaths on Service’
MacBride. On Sarurday the 9th inst., Corporal Edward J. MacBride, aged 21, 9th Highland Light Infantry (Glasgow Highlanders) in France, of 43 Finlay Drive, Dennistoun.
Listed on Glasgow High School Memorial: Edward J. McBride.
Listed on Glasgow Royal Technical College (Strathclyde University) Roll of Honour: Corporal Edward J. McBride, 9th Battalion (Glasgow Highlanders) Highland Light Infantry.
Listed on Glasgow Roll of Honour: Corporal Edward J. McBride, Highland Light Infantry, 43 Finlay Drive, Dennistoun
1901 Census, Living at 10 Battery Place, Rothesay
Father John McBride, age 41, Manager in Gut Factory, born England
Mother Mary McBride, age 37, born Glasgow
Children: Charles McBride, age 15, Scholar, born Glasgow
John McBride, age 13, Scholar, born Glasgow
Robert McBride, age 11, Scholar, born Glasgow
Edward McBride, age 6, Scholar, born Glasgow
Annie McBride, age 4, born Glasgow
David McBride, age 3, born Glasgow
Josephine McBride, age 2 months, born Glasgow