Name
William Ranald Ware McCarthy
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/11/1917
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Border Regiment
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
GAZA WAR CEMETERY
XXIV. A. 8.
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Not on the Bishop's Stortford memorials *1
Additional Information
*1 William is also commemorated on the family grave in the Bishop's Stortford Old Cemetery, his part of the inscription reads:
"ALSO 2ND LIEUT. WILLIAM RANALD WARE McCARTHY WHO FELL IN ACTION IN GAZA NOVEMBER 2ND 1917, AGED 19. AND WAS BURIED IN A MILITARY CEMETERY THERE.
"SO HE PASSED OVER, AND ALL THE TRUMPETS SOUNDED FOR HIM ON THE OTHER SIDE"
