9th Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
15/05/1896
Died:
17/08/1917 (Died of Wounds)
Age:
21
Summary
George McCauley was the eldest son of Samuel and Mary McCauley. He was born on 15th May 1896 in Drumglass, Dungannon. He was one of nine children. The 1901 census records the family as living at Miltown (South side), Dungannon, Tyrone. The 1911 census shows George working as a hackler. Private George McCauley was served with “C Company” of the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He died of wounds in Flanders on 17th August 1917.
Further Information
George McCauley was the eldest son of Samuel and Mary McCauley. Samuel McCauley and Mary Reid were married on 20th February 1896 in the district of Dungannon.
George McCauley was born on 15th May 1896 in Drumglass, Dungannon. He was one of nine children, all born in the Dungannon area.
Known family: Samuel McCauley, Mary McCauley, George McCauley (born 15th May 1896), Margaret M McCauley (born 13th March 1898), Mary Ellen McCauley (born about 1900), Elizabeth McCauley (born 20th July 1900), Samuel McCauley (born 24th September 1901), Annie McCauley (born 8th May 1903), Maud McCauley (born 9th June 1908, died 11th June 1908), Sarah McCauley (born 14th June 1910).
The 1901 census records George as 4 years old. The family were living at Miltown (South side), Dungannon, Tyrone. Samuel is a labourer.
George attended Drumglass Boys National School, Dungannon.
The 1911 census shows George as 15 years old. He was working as a hackler. A hackler is a person who used a toothed implement (a hackle) to separate the coarse part of the flax. The family lived at Miltown Street (North Side), Dungannon.
George McCauley enlisted at Finner Camp, County Donegal.
1915
Private George McCauley arrived in France with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on 5th October 1915.
1916
From the Tyrone Courier dated 6 July 1916:
Mrs Samuel McCauley, Clare Terrace, Dungannon, received official intimation on Saturday that her son, Private George McCauley, Inniskillings (Ulster Division), has been wounded in action.
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 8th July 1916:
Mrs Samuel McCauley, Clare Terrace, Dungannon, received official intimation on Saturday that her son, Private George McCauley, of the 9th Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers Division), has been wounded in action.
From the Tyrone Courier dated 20 July 1916:
Private George McCauley, son of Mr Samuel McCauley, has returned home to Dungannon, suffering from shrapnel wounds in his back and leg, received at the German third line on 1st July.
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated Saturday 22 July 1916:
Private George McCauley, Tyrone Volunteers, son of Mr Samuel McCauley, Beechvalley, Dungannon, has returned home suffering from shrapnel wounds in the back and leg received at the third line of German trenches on the afternoon of 1st July.
1917
Private George McCauley was served with “C Company” of the 9th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. He died of wounds in Flanders on 17th August 1917. He was 20 years old.
Memorials
Private George McCauley is buried in Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery. His inscription reads: GONE TO BE WITH THE LORD WHICH IS FAR BETTER
Private George McCauley is commemorated locally on Dungannon War Memorial.
The CWGC record Private G McCauley as the son of Samuel and Mary McCauley of 152 Sugarfield Street, Shankhill Road, Belfast. He is recorded as being born in Dungannon, County Tyrone.
