Introduction

In 2014 the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, Cumnock History Group began researching the names on the Cumnock War Memorial plus other men and women with Cumnock connections mentioned on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission or in the Cumnock Chronicle of the time. The research is not limited to those who died but also to men and women who served, using family history information.

The group would like to appeal to individuals with knowledge of family members for photographs of the soldier, either in uniform or not, and photos of medals or other memorabilia eg letters sent home from the Front. If you would be prepared to share these on this site, please email the web manager info@cumnockhistorygroup.org The group is willing to share any copies of documents found with the soldier's descendants.

Thursday, 5 June 2014

John McGarey

John McGarey was born in Cumnock in 1885.

In 1915 he was injured in the Battle of Loos as reported in the Cumnock Chronicle



He  died in Stobhill Hospital on Christmas Eve 1916 age 30 of a perforated gastric ulcer and toxaemia, 2 days. His usual address was 73 Townhead St, Cumnock* and he was a private in  the 3rd Battalion the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He was single. His father was Andrew McGarey, coal miner, and his mother was Roseanna Hair, deceased. The informant was his sister Annie Earl of 12 University St, Overnewton, Glasgow.

He is buried in Cumnock new cemetery and is on Cumnock War Memorial.

CWGC

Cumnock Connections tree


1891 census
Glaisnock St, Cumnock
Andrew McGarry             30 b Kirkmaiden
Rose Ann McGarry             36 b Stranraer
Rose Ann McGarry             7
John McGarry             5
Hugh McGarry             2

1901 census
Glaisnock St, Cumnock
Andrew Mcgarry             40 coal miner  b Stranraer
Roseann Mcgarry             46 Castle Douglas
John Mcgarry             15 moulder
Hugh Mcgarry             12
David Anderson             49 boarder


* Coincidentally, the address of 73 Townhead Street is the same for the soldier in my last post, James McMillan. Would it be a tenement?
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