Name
Ivan Clarkson Maclean (DSO, MC and Bar)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/04/1918
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
Royal Army Medical Corps
Attached Rifle Brigade 2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross and Bar
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PREMONT BRITISH CEMETERY
IV. B. 33.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
St. James the Great Churchyard, Cradley, Herefordshire
Pre War
Born on 26 Dec 1881 in Ryde, Isle of Wight son of Maj. Gen. Henry J. and Frances (Clarkson) Maclean. Educated at Haileybury College 1895-1900 and qualified in Medicine in 1906 from St Thomas’ Hospital, London.
Wartime Service
Commissioned Lieutenant R.A.M.C. on 19 Aug 1914 and was promoted Captain in Aug 1915. M.C. awarded at Neuve Chapelle “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He tended and dressed the wounded continuously throughout the operations under very heavy fire, displaying great courage and determination.” London Gazette 23 Jun 1915. Bar to the M.C. awarded at the Somme 21 Dec 1916. D.S.O. awarded at Ypres “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in clearing the wounded. He took his stretcher-bearers well in advance of our forward positions and behaved with the most exemplary courage and devotion throughout, sparing no effort to collect the wounded men. After his battalion was relieved he continued to work under the heaviest fire for another twenty-four hours, and was severely wounded on his way back after all the cases had been cleared. He set a splendid example of energy and devotion to duty.” 26 Sep 1917. He died of wounds as a prisoner in a German hospital having been reported missing on 24 Mar.
Additional Information
Brother of Lieutenant Alec Clarkson Maclean who was killed in action only five days later on 9 April 1918 and is also commemorated on these memorials. Obituary B.M.J. 8 Jun 1918.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
