Wednesday, 16 July 2014

Thomas McLean

There are two Thomas McLeans on Cumnock War Memorial. It turns out they are uncle and nephew and died within weeks of each other.


First the uncle
Thomas Mclean was born in Cumnock the son of Thomas and Grace McLean. He married Ellen McCreadie in Auchinleck in 1906. They had a son Andrew and a daughter Isabella.

Name: Thomas McLean
Birth Place: Cumnock, Ayr
Residence: Thornhill
Death Date: 29 Jul 1918
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Berwick-on-tweed
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Battalion: 8th Battalion
Regimental Number: 37565
Type of Casualty: Killed in action
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre
Comments: Formerly 46445, R. Scot. Fus.


CWGC

photo by Bobby Grierson added 7/3/2018 



His gravestone in Penpont graveyard. He is also on the War Memorial there.

Photo taken by Rhonda Queen

photo from Drew McLean



The younger Thomas was the son of James McLean, the half brother of Thomas above.


Thomas was the oldest of 4 brothers. He worked at the Royal bank in Cumnock

Name: Thomas McLean
Birth Place: Old Cumnock, Ayrshire
Residence: Old Cumnock
Death Date: 23 Jun 1918
Death Place: France and Flanders
Enlistment Place: Ayr
Rank: Private
Regiment: Cameronian (Scottish Rifles)
Battalion: 5 6th Battalion
Regimental Number: 38597
Type of Casualty: Died of wounds
Theatre of War: Western European Theatre


CWGC  gives more information. He was 19 and the son of Mr & Mrs James McLean of 74 Barrhill Road, Cumnock and he is buried in Nine Elms British Cemetery in Belgium.

Here's the family on the Cumnock Connections tree




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