World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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James Graham Maclagan
Forename(s):
James Graham
Surname:
Maclagan
Initial(s):
J G
Service Number:
Officer
Rank:
Lieutenant
Regiment:
King's Own (Royal Lancaster Regiment), 1/5th Battalion Territorial Force, attached to 1st Battalion
Died:
01/08/1918
Buried:
Duisans British Cemetery. Etrun
Service History:
Enlisted in the Royal Army Medical Corps on 23 October 1915. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant 25 January 1916. Promoted Lieutenant in July 1917. Served with the Expeditionary Force in France & Flanders from February 1917.
Maclagan was killed in action near Arras, on 1 August 1918. His Commanding Officer wrote: 'I feel that I have lost a firm friend & most excellent officer.'
Another officer wrote: 'He was extremely popular with his men, always bright, a very good officer & hard worker.' A third comrade wrote: 'He was always so cheerful & kind.'
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour'; Part 5; Page 114)
Background:
Born on 2 April 1897, at Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, the second son of the late Philip Smirton Maclagan (Solicitor) by his wife, Mary Elizabeth (née Graham; daughter of the late James Graham) of Rockwood House, Rothbury, Northumberland.
Educated at Royal Grammar School, Appleby Grammar School, & Armstrong College, Newcastle.
One of two sons lost: see, also, Lieutenant Philip Whiteside Maclagan (Border Regiment, 5th [Cumberland] Battalion Territorial Force; Died 16 April 1916).
(Source: 'UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour'; Part 5; Page 114)
Local Memorial:
Wooler War Memorial