| Hugh McAlindon was the son of Alexander and Catherine McAlindon. Alexander McAlindon and Catherine McAtamney on 22nd May 1886 in the district of Dungannon.
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| Hugh McAlindon was born on 1st October 1888 in Coalisland.
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| Known family: Alexander McAlindon, Catherine McAlindon, Hugh McAlindon (born 1st October 1888, Coalisland).
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| There is no sign of the family on the 1901 census, so it presumed they had moved to Scotland by that time.
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| Alex McAlindon, Hugh’s father, was a fitter’s helper and lived at 6 Victoria Street, Port Glasgow.
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| Hugh McAlindon and Ruth McAlindon were married. They lived at 5 Huntly Street, Port Glasgow.
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| Prior to the war Hugh was employed as a helper in Messrs Russell & Co dockyard.
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| 1915
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| He enlisted in 1915, and went out to France shortly after the New Year in January 1916.
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| 1916
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| Private Hugh McAlindon was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when he was wounded in a gas attack in France.
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| Private Hugh McAlindon died of his wounds on 29th April 1916.
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| From the Port Glasgow Express dated 24th May 1916:
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| Private Hugh McAlindon, of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, killed in action in France. He was a son of Mr Alex McAlindon, fitter’s helper, 6 Victoria Street, and is survived by his widow, who resides at 5 Huntly Street. He was a member of St John’s congregation and before the war was employed in Messrs Russell & Co Dockyard.
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| From the Port Glasgow Express dated May 1916: Port Lad Killed in Action
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| Mrs Hugh McAlindon, residing at 5 Huntly Street, has received official intimation that her husband, Hugh McAlindon of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers, has been killed in action in France. He was a son of Mr Alex McAlindon, fitter’s helper, 6 Victoria Street, and before the war was employed as a helper in Messrs Russell & Co Dockyard. The deceased was a member of St John’s congregation and was twenty-seven years of age. He enlisted six months age, and went out to France shortly after the New Year.
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| From the Port Glasgow Express dated May 1916: Deaths on Service
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| McALINDEN – Killed in action in France on 29th April, Private Hugh McAlindon, aged 27 years, of Royal Dublin Fusiliers, beloved husband of Ruth McAlinden. R.I.P.
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‘No loved ones stood around him,
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To bid a last farewell
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No words of comfort could he leave
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To those he loved so well
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Sleep on, dear Hugh, and take thy rest,
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In a grave I shall never see
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But as long as life and memory last,
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I will remember thee’
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| Inserted by his widow, 5 Huntly Street.
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| 1917
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| From the Port Glasgow Express dated May 1917: In Memorial
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| McALINDEN – Killed in action in France on 29th April, Private Hugh McAlindon, aged 27 years, of Royal Dublin Fusiliers, beloved husband of Ruth McAlinden. R.I.P.
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‘We think of him in silence
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No eyes can see us weep
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But treasured in our inmost hearts
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His memory we will keep.
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| Inserted by his sorrowing wife and children, 82 Bay Street.
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| Memorials
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| Private Hugh McAlindon is buried in Vermelles British Cemetery in France. His inscription simply reads R.I.P.
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| Private Hugh McAlindon is commemorated on the Port Glasgow War Memorial. This is a freestone cenotaph which stands at the traffic lights on the junction of Fore Street in the Inverclyde District of Glasgow.
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