Private George McLaughlin
Number: 9370
Company: 46th (Belfast), 13th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 30 December 1899
Place: Belfast
Age: 22 years 6 months
Trade or calling: Builder
Place of birth: Parish Belfast, Town Belfast, County Belfast
Family: Father William Henry, mother Emily Sophia, elder sister May, elder brother William, all at Brookville, Antrim Road, Belfast.
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 8 1/2". Complexion fresh, eyes blue, hair brown. Scar back right leg. Three marks each arm.
Religion: Church of England
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 3 March 1900
Campaigns: South Africa 1900
Service medal, clasps and other awards: South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State.
DEATH
Date: 28 May 1900
Place: Lindley, South Africa
Cause: Killed in action
Commemorated: Walker is buried in the Lindley Cemetery (images below). He is commemorated on the Lindley Cemetery Memorial; and on the Yeomanry Kop Memorial, Lindley.
Prior to enlisting McLaughlin lived at Brookville, Antrim Road, Belfast.
The Northern Whig reported on 8 June 1900 that:
Trooper G. McLaughlin, one of the earliest volunteers for 'A' Company, was the son of our esteemed fellow-citizen Mr. W. H. McLaughlin, of the firm McLaughlin & Harvey, builders. Needless to say, his action in joining the Yeomanry was prompted solely by patriotic feeling and youthful enthusiasm. He was a fine athletic young man, genial and kindly in disposition, and a great favourite with all who knew him. Mrs. McLaughlin, his mother, died only a fortnight ago, and in this second great bereavement his father has the sympathy of every inhabitant of Belfast.
This page last updated 8 July 2024.