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7876   Private Patrick McGee
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Dated added: 30/12/2015   Last updated: 04/09/2021
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) (British Army)
Died: 25/09/1915 (Killed in Action)
Age: 31
Summary      
Patrick McGee was the son of John and Mary McGee. He was born in Dungannon about 1884. Patrick married Margaret about 1909. Margaret was from Kilkenny. They lived in Kilkenny. Private Patrick McGee arrived in France with the 9th Battalion of the Scottish Rifles on 29th June 1915. He was killed in action on 25th September 1915. He was 31 years old.
Further Information
Patrick McGee was the son of John and Mary McGee.
Patrick was born in Dungannon about 1884.
Patrick McGee married Margaret Mary about 1909. Margaret was from Kilkenny.
The 1911 census records Patrick and his wife living at house 6 in Flood Street, Kilkenny. He was an unemployed vanman.
The 1911 census has a possible listing of the McGee family, living at house 17 in Churchill Street in Belfast. Patrick was not living with family. His mother was a widow.
The Belfast Street Directory of 1912 lists a Mrs Mary Magee at 35 Churchill Street. The 1918 Belfast Street Directory lists a Mary Magee, a grocer, living at 47 Churchill Street.
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Private Patrick McGee arrived in France with the 9th Battalion of the Scottish Rifles on 29th June 1915.
Private Patrick McGee was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Scottish Rifles in France when he was killed in action on 25th September 1915. He was 31 years old.
Private Patrick McGee has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial in France.
Private Patrick McGee is also commemorated on Kilkenny War Memorial.
The CWGC record Private Patrick McGee as the son of John and Mary McGee of 47 Churchill Street, Belfast.
The CWGC also record Private McGee as the husband of Margaret Mary McGee of 58 High Street, Kilkenny.
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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
16/03/1883 B McGee Patrick Casualty U/1883/110/1012/13/9 ?, Donaghy
02/03/1884 B McGee Patrick Casualty U/1884/141/1012/3/209 ?, Magee, Donnelly
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1 1911 census lists McGee family Possible listing of McGee family at Churchill Street, Belfast
2 1911 census lists Patrick McGee Listing of Patrick and his wife living at house 6 in Flood Street, Kilkenny
3 Belfast Street Directory 1912 35 Churchill St - McGee, Mrs Mary
4 Belfast Street Directory 1918 47 Churchill St - Magee, Mary, grocer
5 Ireland Memorial Record Lists Patrick McGee, born Dungannon
6 Kilkenny War Memorial Patrick McGee listed on Memorial
7 National Archives UK Medal Card can be purchased here
8 Scottish National War Memorial Details of Private Patrick McGee
Dungannon District's War Dead Acknowledgements 2015-2023