Life story: Charles Gordon Magrath | Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	Charles Gordon
Initials	CG
Last Name	Magrath
Source	2834704

Gender	Source
Male

Address	Country	Type	Date
82 Derbyhaven Road, Castletown, Isle of Man	United Kingdom	parents address	known 31st March 1901
82 Derbyhaven Road, Castletown, Isle of Man	United Kingdom	parents address	known 2nd April 1911
Burg POW camp	Germany	military residence address	known May 1915
Eutin POW camp	Germany	military residence address	known 5th January 1918
Friedberg POW camp	Germany	military residence address	known 21st April 1917
Mainz POW camp	Germany	military residence address	known 5th June 1915
Raglan South Barracks, Devonport	United Kingdom	military residence address	known 11th August 1914

Service	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment		Captain
British Army	Cheshire Regiment	3rd Battalion	Lieutenant
British Army	Royal Irish Regiment	2nd Battalion	Second Lieutenant

Award	Type	Source
1914 Star with Clasp	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Charles Frederick Magrath	father
Emily Amelia Magrath	mother

Name	Relationship	Dates
John Richard G. Magrath	brother	1886
Frederick W.l. Magrath	brother	1890
Ethel A. Slater	step-sister	1881

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Mary A. Lyons	wife	1924

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Patrick63223
1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Patrick63223
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription	Patrick63223
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription	Patrick63223

Reference	Connected by	More information
The London Gazette	Patrick63223
The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment Vol.II from 1900 to 1922	Patrick63223
1914-1918 PRISONERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ICRC HISTORICAL ARCHIVES	Patrick63223
"There's a Devil in the Drum" by J.F.Lucy	Patrick63223
“The Mons Star: The British Expeditionary Force 1914”	Patrick63223
“Within Four Walls” by Major M.C.C. Harrison and Captain H. Cartwright	Patrick63223
Wherever the Firing Line Extends	Patrick63223

Title	Connected by	More information
Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge	Patrick63223
Derbyhaven Road, Isle of Man	Patrick63223
2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.	Patrick63223
2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.	Patrick63223
Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge	Patrick63223
The area to the east of Mons	Patrick63223
La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium	Patrick63223
The fields between Caudry and Audencourt	Patrick63223
A road cutting south-west of Audencourt	Patrick63223
Rue Leon Save, Mons, Belgium.	Patrick63223
Cheshire Regiment cap badge	Patrick63223
Map of the battle at Caudry/Audencourt	Patrick63223
Bromley Parish Church in the 1920s	Patrick63223
Wicklow, Ireland	Patrick63223
The Guardhouse at Raglan Barracks, Devonport	Patrick63223
SS Herschel	Patrick63223
Map of the Battle of Mons	Patrick63223
La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium	Patrick63223
Audencourt (from the south)	Patrick63223

ID: 2834704

Reference: WO372/13

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/2837637

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8668931

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/34653/0167/4

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8668933

Reference: 1901gbc

Title: 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: GBC/1901/0033791773

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 8668935

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: BMD/M/1924/1/AZ/000508/144

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 8668936

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Patrick63223

UPP: BMD/D/1928/1/AZ/000666/067

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 8668937

Title: Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

Description: A WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 8668958

Name: 9th June 1914

Title: The London Gazette

Description: An official lists of appointments and promotions

Connected by: Patrick63223

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/28838/page/4537/data.pdf
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ID: 8669000

Title: Derbyhaven Road, Isle of Man

Description: This photograph shows Derbyhaven Road, Isle of Man, very close to where Charles Magrath's parents lived.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: This photo was downloaded from the internet

ID: 8670702

Name: The National Archives Reference WO 95/1421/3

Reference: The National Archives

Title: War Diary of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal Irish Regiment, August 1914-February 1915

Description: An official record of the day to day movements,dispositions and battles of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment between August 1914 and February 1915

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 8670703

Name: By Br. General Stannus Geoghegan CB

Reference: on-line

Title: The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment Vol.II from 1900 to 1922

Description: A thorough if somewhat dry account of the doings of the battalions of the Royal Irish Regiment between 1900 and 1922, with particular attention given to their Great War service. Published by Blackwood and Sons Ltd. Edinburgh and London, 1927.

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 8795987

Name: PA 2247, PA 2252, PA 5201, PA 9775, PA 17505

Title: 1914-1918 PRISONERS OF THE FIRST WORLD WAR ICRC HISTORICAL ARCHIVES

Description: The International Committee of the Red Cross Prisoners of the First War Historical Archives

Connected by: Patrick63223

URL: http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/File/Search/#/3/2/107/0/British%20and%20Commonwealth/Military/Macgrath
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ID: 8795995

Title: 2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.

Description: The Memorial to the Royal Irish Regiment at Mons overlooks the ground on which the 2nd Battalion fought on the 23rd August 1914. It was unveiled by Lord Ypres on 11th November 1923.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

ID: 8795997

Title: 2nd Battalion R.I.Rgt. Memorial, Mons.

Description: The plaque at the base of the Mons memorial to the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment. The memorial was unveiled on 11th November 1923 at La Bascule crossroads.

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 8795999

Title: Royal Irish Regiment Cap Badge

Description: WW1 Royal Irish Regiment cap badge

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 8796008

Title: The area to the east of Mons

Description: The area to the east of Mons where the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment first engaged with the enemy

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

ID: 8796014

Title: La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium

Description: La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium, where a small detachment of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment held out against a much superior enemy force for many hours

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

ID: 8796017

Title: The fields between Caudry and Audencourt

Description: The fields between Caudry and Audencourt where the fighting between the Royal Irish Regiment and the advancing Germans took place on 26th August 1914.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

The fields between Caudry and Audencourt

ID: 8796022

Title: A road cutting south-west of Audencourt

Description: The road cutting south-west of Audencourt where Lieutenant Colonel Cox, commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion RIR, was seriously wounded at around 10 am on 26th August 1914.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

ID: 8796026

Title: Rue Leon Save, Mons, Belgium.

Description: The road south on the western edge of Bois La Haut, Mons. The Royal Irish Regiment were hotly pursued down this road by the Germans on the afternoon of the 23rd August 1914.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

ID: 8796287

Title: Cheshire Regiment cap badge

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: From:http://www.northeastmedals.co.uk/british_regiment/cheshire_regiment.htm

ID: 8796293

Title: Map of the battle at Caudry/Audencourt

Description: Map of the battle at Caudry/Audencourt from The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, Vol.II (drawn by Major St Leger)

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 8796538

Title: Bromley Parish Church in the 1920s

Description: Bromley Parish Church in the 1920s. Charles Gordon Magrath died in Bromley in 1928

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: result of internet search

ID: 8796541

Title: Wicklow, Ireland

Description: Wicklow, Ireland. Charles Gordon Magrath was born in Wicklow in 1891

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: Downloaded from:http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Europe/Ireland/South/Wicklow/photo546257.htm

ID: 9574452

Name: ISBN: 9781843421108

Reference: Through the internet

Title: "There's a Devil in the Drum" by J.F.Lucy

Description: An account of the enlistment and basic training of two brothers from Cork, Ireland, in the pre-war British Army and their subsequent service on the Western Front. Published by The Naval and Military Press 1993.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: Although J.F.Lucy served with another regiment, he was a member of the 3rd Division and his memoir provides a clear picture of what the experience of enlistment and training and subsequent active service would have been like for the men of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment.

ID: 9574454

Name: By David Ascoli, published 1982 by Book Club Associates by arrangement with Harrap Limited.

Reference: own copy

Title: “The Mons Star: The British Expeditionary Force 1914”

Description: “The story of the despatch of the British Expeditionary Force to France in August 1914 until the fall of the curtain in November of that year after the first battle of Ypres, by which time ‘the best-trained, best organised and best-equipped British Army that ever went forth to war’ had virtually been destroyed.”

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: The book refers directly to the actions of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment at Mons, Le Cateau and Le Pilly. (pages 66, 110 and 198)

ID: 9574456

Name: published by Edward Arnold and Co. 1933

Reference: The internet through AbeBooks.co.uk

Title: “Within Four Walls” by Major M.C.C. Harrison and Captain H. Cartwright

Description: The experiences of two British WW1 officers who repeatedly tried to escape from German POW camps. In chapter one, Michael Harrison describes his experiences during the first two months of the war, including the destruction of his regiment, the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, at Le Pilly on the 20th October 1914. This is the "Kingfisher Library" edition. Pp.xii,304. Numerous illustrations. Double-page map.

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 9574457

Name: By Ronan McGreevy, published by The History Press Ireland, 2016.

Reference: Through the internet

Title: Wherever the Firing Line Extends

Description: A book which “looks at those places where the Irish soldiers made their mark and are commemorated to this day in the monuments, cemeteries and landscapes of France and Flanders”. Chapter 3, “The Celtic Cross at La Bascule”, describes the actions of the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment at Mons. Chapter 6, “The Railway Station at Le Pilly”, describes the battle of Le Pilly and its aftermath.

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 9574458

Title: The Guardhouse at Raglan Barracks, Devonport

Description: Raglan Barracks, Devonport, where the 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment was based prior to their embarkation for France in August 1914.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

The Guardhouse at Raglan Barracks, Devonport

ID: 9574461

Title: SS Herschel

Description: SS Herschel, the ship which transported the Royal Irish Regiment across the channel to France. They disembarked in Boulogne on 14th August 1914.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: Downloaded from: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/topic/203538-5th-infantry-brigade-war-diary/

ID: 9574463

Title: Map of the Battle of Mons

Description: Map of the Battle of Mons from The Campaigns and History of the Royal Irish Regiment, Vol. II (drawn by Major St.Leger)

Connected by: Patrick63223

ID: 9574465

Title: La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium

Description: La Bascule crossroads, Mons, Belgium, where a small detachment of the Royal Irish Regiment held out for hours against a superior enemy force. The memorial to the 2nd Battalion, a Celtic cross, was unveiled in 1923 at the crossroads and is clearly visible in this photo.

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

ID: 9574469

Title: Audencourt (from the south)

Description: Audencourt, in and around which the companies of the battalion were positioned on 26th August 1914

Connected by: Patrick63223

Additional: own photo

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