It is believed Edward McCloy was the son of Thomas and Sarah McCloy. Edward McCloy was born on 10th April 1886 in Gulladuff, near Maghera. Edward McCloy enlisted in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. Private Edward McCloy was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders when he was killed in action on Saturday 25th September 1915. He was 29 years old. The Evening Times in Scotland reported on 14th October 1915 that Private C Edward McCloy, from New Stevenston, had been killed in action.
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It is believed Edward McCloy was the son of Thomas and Sarah McCloy. Thomas McCloy married Sarah Donnelly on 11th January 1881 in the district of Magherafelt.
Edward McCloy was born on 10th April 1886 in Gulladuff, near Maghera.
Known family: Thomas McCloy, Sarah McCloy, James McCloy (born 19th April 1882), Daniel McCloy (born 22nd July 1884), Edward McCloy (born 10th April 1886).
The 1901 census lists Edward as age 14 living with the family at house 32 in Gulladuff, County Londonderry.
Edward McCloy enlisted in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
Private Edward McCloy was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders when he was killed in action on Saturday 25th September 1915. He was 29 years old.
The Evening Times in Scotland reported on 14th October 1915 that Private C Edward McCloy, from New Stevenston, had been killed in action. A second report appeared on 16th October.
New Stevenston is a small village situated between Motherwell and Bellshill in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Private Edward McCloy is not listed on the War Memorial.
Private Edward McCloy has no known grave and is commemorated the Loos Memorial. The memorial forms the sides and back of Dud Corner Cemetery. It commemorates over 20,000 officers and men who have no known grave, who fell in the area from the River Lys to the old southern boundary of the First Army, east and west of Grenay. Loos-en-Gohelle is a village five kilometres north-west of Lens in France.
