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| 19/08/2021 |
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. |
| 19/08/2021 |
From the Port Glasgow Express dated May 1917: In Memorial |
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| 19/08/2021 |
I will remember thee’ |
| 19/08/2021 |
In a grave I shall never see |
| 19/08/2021 |
Sleep on, dear Hugh, and take thy rest, |
| 19/08/2021 |
To those he loved so well |
| 19/08/2021 |
No words of comfort could he leave |
| 19/08/2021 |
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| 19/08/2021 |
‘No loved ones stood around him, |
| 19/08/2021 |
Inserted by his widow, 5 Huntly Street. |
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| 19/08/2021 |
From the Port Glasgow Express dated May 1916: Deaths on Service |
| 19/08/2021 |
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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| 19/08/2021 |
From the Port Glasgow Express dated May 1916: Port Lad Killed in Action |
| 19/08/2021 |
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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| 19/08/2021 |
From the Port Glasgow Express dated 24th May 1916: |
| 19/08/2021 |
To bid a last farewell |
| 19/08/2021 |
Prior to the war Hugh was employed as a helper in Messrs Russell & Co dockyard. |
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| 19/08/2021 |
Private Hugh McAlindon is buried in Vermelles British Cemetery in France. His inscription simply reads R.I.P. |
| 19/08/2021 |
But as long as life and memory last, |
| 19/08/2021 |
He enlisted in 1915, and went out to France shortly after the New Year in January 1916. |
| 19/08/2021 |
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. |
| 19/08/2021 |
Hugh McAlindon and Ruth McAlindon were married. They lived at 5 Huntly Street, Port Glasgow. |
| 19/08/2021 |
Alex McAlindon, Hugh’s father, was a fitter’s helper and lived at 6 Victoria Street, Port Glasgow. |
| 19/08/2021 |
But treasured in our inmost hearts |
| 19/08/2021 |
No eyes can see us weep |
| 19/08/2021 |
There is no sign of the family on the 1901 census, so it presumed they had moved to Scotland by that time. |
| 19/08/2021 |
His memory we will keep. |
| 19/08/2021 |
Inserted by his sorrowing wife and children, 82 Bay Street. |
| 19/08/2021 |
Hugh McAlindon was the son of Alexander and Catherine McAlindon. Alexander McAlindon and Catherine McAtamney on 22nd May 1886 in the district of Dungannon. |
| 19/08/2021 |
Hugh McAlindon was born on 1st October 1888 in Coalisland. |
| 19/08/2021 |
Known family: Alexander McAlindon, Catherine McAlindon, Hugh McAlindon (born 1st October 1888, Coalisland). |
| 19/08/2021 |
‘We think of him in silence |
| 31/05/2020 |
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| 30/12/2015 |
Private Hugh McAlindon was serving with the 8th Battalion of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers when he was wounded in a gas attack in France. |
| 30/12/2015 |
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| 30/12/2015 |
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| 30/12/2015 |
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. |
| 30/12/2015 |
Private Hugh McAlindon died of his wounds on 29th April 1916. |
