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24559   Private Hugh McAlindon
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Dated added: 30/12/2015   Last updated: 19/08/2021
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 8th Battalion, Royal Dublin Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth: 01/10/1888
Died: 29/04/1916 (Died of Wounds)
Age: 27
Summary      
Hugh McAlindon was the son of Alexander and Catherine McAlindon. He was born on 1st October 1888 in Coalisland. The family moved to Port Glasgow in Scotland. Alex McAlindon was a fitter’s helper. Hugh McAlindon and Ruth McAlindon were married. Prior to the war Hugh was employed as a helper in Messrs Russell & Co dockyard. Private Hugh McAlindon was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when he was wounded in a gas attack in France. He died of his wounds on 29th April 1916.
Private Hugh McAlindon
Further Information
Hugh McAlindon was the son of Alexander and Catherine McAlindon. Alexander McAlindon and Catherine McAtamney on 22nd May 1886 in the district of Dungannon.
Hugh McAlindon was born on 1st October 1888 in Coalisland.
Coalisland Town
Known family: Alexander McAlindon, Catherine McAlindon, Hugh McAlindon (born 1st October 1888, Coalisland).
There is no sign of the family on the 1901 census, so it presumed they had moved to Scotland by that time.
Alex McAlindon, Hugh’s father, was a fitter’s helper and lived at 6 Victoria Street, Port Glasgow.
Hugh McAlindon and Ruth McAlindon were married. They lived at 5 Huntly Street, Port Glasgow.
Prior to the war Hugh was employed as a helper in Messrs Russell & Co dockyard.
1915
He enlisted in 1915, and went out to France shortly after the New Year in January 1916.
Medal card
1916
Private Hugh McAlindon was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when he was wounded in a gas attack in France.
Private Hugh McAlindon died of his wounds on 29th April 1916.
From the Port Glasgow Express dated 24th May 1916:
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.
From the Port Glasgow Express dated May 1916: Port Lad Killed in Action
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.
From the Port Glasgow Express dated May 1916: Deaths on Service
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.
‘No loved ones stood around him,
To bid a last farewell
No words of comfort could he leave
To those he loved so well
Sleep on, dear Hugh, and take thy rest,
In a grave I shall never see
But as long as life and memory last,
I will remember thee’
Inserted by his widow, 5 Huntly Street.
1917
From the Port Glasgow Express dated May 1917: In Memorial
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.
‘We think of him in silence
No eyes can see us weep
But treasured in our inmost hearts
His memory we will keep.
Inserted by his sorrowing wife and children, 82 Bay Street.
Memorials
Private Hugh McAlindon is buried in Vermelles British Cemetery in France. His inscription simply reads R.I.P.
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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Relevant Dungannon Area Locations
No Location Region Location Notes Longtitude Latitude
1 Coalisland Coalisland Born in Coalisland 54.536198 -6.697505
GRONI References
TYPE - B:Birth M:Marriage D:Death | GRONI | SIBLING: brother or sister | NOTES: spelling inconsistencies, etc.
Date Type Surname First name Relationship GRONI Ref Notes
22/05/1886 M McAtamney Catherine Parent M/1886/T1/2564/6/29B McAtasney
22/05/1886 M McAlindon Alex Parent M/1886/T1/2564/6/29A
01/10/1888 B McAlindon Hugh Casualty U/1888/110/1012/16/320
References and Links
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1 BillionGraves.com Photo of Private Hugh McAlindon's headstone
2 FindAGrave.com Includes details to say died from gas attack
3 Inverclyde Council Page 19, Watt Library, photo of H McAlindon in Port Glasgow Express 24.5.1916
4 Inverclyde's Great War News reports and photo of Hugh McAlindon
5 National Archives UK Medal Card can be purchased here
6 Port Glasgow War Memorial Photos of Memorial and H McAlindon Inscription.
7 Scottish National War Memorial Details of Private Hugh McAlindon, died of wounds
Dungannon District's War Dead Acknowledgements 2015-2023