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3971   Private Matthew McLaren
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Dated added: 30/12/2015   Last updated: 01/05/2020
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 1st / 4th Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders (British Army)
Died: 24/05/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age: 30
Summary      
Matthew McLaren was the son of William and Mary McLaren. He was born in County Antrim about 1886. Matthew McLaren enlisted in Belfast. Private Matthew McLaren was serving with the 1st/4th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders when he was killed in action on the Wednesday 24th May 1916. The CWGC record Private Matthew McLaren as the son of William and Mary McLaren of Moneymore, County Londonderry.
Further Information
Matthew McLaren was the son of William and Mary McLaren. He was born in County Antrim about 1886.
Matthew McLaren enlisted in Belfast.
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Private Matthew McLaren was serving with the 1st/4th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders when he was killed in action on the Wednesday 24th May 1916.
Private Matthew McLaren is buried in Louez Military Cemetery in Duisans.
The CWGC record Private Matthew McLaren as the son of William and Mary McLaren of Moneymore, County Londonderry.
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Relevant Cookstown Area Locations
No Location Region Location Notes Longtitude Latitude
1 Moneymore area Moneymore CWGC lists parents in Moneymore area 54.698489 -6.667239
References and Links
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1 1911 Census lists a McLarnon family Possible listing of Matthew, living with the family at house 5 in Oakley Street, Shankill, Antrim
2 National Archives UK Medal card can be purchased here
3 Soldiers Died in the Great War Details of Private Robert Falls
4 War Graves Photographic Project Gravestone photo of Matthew McLaren can be purchased here.
Cookstown District's War Dead Acknowledgements 2010-2023