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Problem solving time

I have a report published in The Liverpool Catholic Herald dated 2nd September 1916 for:-

Corporal J Mackie, 1/8 Irish King's Liverpool Regiment aged 25 as having Died of wounds, his home address was recorded as 7, Louis Street.

I have searched CWGC and also Freebmd and I can find no record of his death. What I have found out is:

John Robert Mackie Birth registered March qtr 1891. Son of James and Catherine Mackie. In 1899 his father remarries Ann Fairclough and I have them living at 1, Steele Street, Liverpool. He is also recorded at this address in 1911.

He got married in 1913 to Margaret Hore and they had q child Catherine Mackie born 1914.

His wife remarries in 1919 to a John Buchanan.

His Pension Record is listed on Ancestry and according to this he was discharged in June 1916 as being medically unfit owing to a Gun shot wound he received in 1915. His regiment number is 60. This is the correct soldier as it lists his address as 7, Louis Street, Liverpool.

There is a J. Mackie recorded on St. Antony's War Memorial, and also on Liverpool Town Hall:

Panel 28 CPL. J. MACKIE "THE KING'S" (L'POOL) REGT. (1/8TH [IRISH] BATT.) (Town Hall database)

I have searched and searched and I cannot find a death record for him.

Thoughts welcome.

Hi Katie,

Should it be Joseph Buchanan?



Bert

This poor soul because of his wounds ended up paralysed and incontinent, is it possible he was sent to a soldiers care home, perhaps in Scotland and his death was recorded there.



Bert

For consideration

Liverpool Catholic Burials.
Ford cemetery, 19 Aug 1916.

John Mackey, 25 years old,
Place of Residence, Perth Red Cross Hospital.



Bert

Thanks bertieone that could be him. Will look further into this one. Thank you so much hopefully a obituary is in the local paper.

Hi Bertie

I have located his death in Scotland and it is the correct soldier. I have sent his details to the In From The Cold projects to see if they will take his case up to get him Commemorated on CWGC. His primary cause of death is:

Gun shot wound of Spine, Myelitis C? and Hypostatic Congestion of Lungs.

Thank you for your help I will let you know if Terry thinks he is a candidate. Fingers crossed.

I have received a reply from Terry Denham of Infromthecold, and he thinks he is a strong case to be put forward for Commemoration. Reading his pension records he was wounded in action on 27th September 1915 and was admitted to South Midlands Casualty Clearing Station in France on 28th September 1915 with paralysis to both legs. on the 13th October 15 he was transferred to Rouen by hospital train and transferred to England on 19th October 1915.

Information on Casualty Clearing stations can be found at the link below

http://www.1914-1918.net/ccs.htm

Thank you Bertie for finding his burial and to those from Infromthecold project for all the work they do to get these soldiers commemorated.

This soldier will hopefully now get the commemoration of being listed as a casualty of war and it was all because of a few lines about his death in a local Liverpool newspaper.

Fingers crossed

Katie wrote:
This soldier will hopefully now get the commemoration of being listed as a casualty of war and it was all because of a few lines about his death in a local Liverpool newspaper.

from little acorns................

Good sleuthing all round!
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Corporal John Mackie was today accepted as a Casualty of World War One.

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casua ... %2c%20JOHN

Nearly three years since Katie started this search - very well done to the team for a successful outcome. Cpl Mackie's name is in today's list published on the Great War Forum.
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Worth the wait.

Well done Katie.

Well done! Great result, at long last.