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136932   Captain Cyril Edmund V McGlade
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Dated added: 01/01/2016   Last updated: 07/04/2020
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: Army Dental Corps (British Army)
Date Of Birth: 09/04/1903
Died: 23/12/1944 (Unknown)
Age: 41
Summary      
Cyril Edmund Vincent McGlade was the youngest son of Patrick and Kate McGlade. Patrick McGlade was a general merchant. He owned a store in Knockloughrim – Cabragh area. Vincent was the youngest of eight children. Vincent obtained a degree in dental surgery. He served with the Royal Army Dental Corps in World War Two. Captain Cyril Edmund Vincent McGlade died on 23rd December 1944.
Further Information
Cyril Edmund Vincent McGlade was the youngest son of Patrick and Kate McGlade.
Patrick McGlade and Rose Meenan were married on 10th September 1889 in the district of Magherafelt. It was a double wedding. Francis Meenan and Rose McGlade were married on the same day.
Patrick McGlade was a general merchant. He owned a store in Knockloughrim – Cabragh area.
The 1901 census lists the family at house 1 in Cabragh, Rocktown, County Londonderry. As well as the people employed in the store, Patrick McGlade had two governesses in his household - one had been born in Co. Roscommon and the other, Blanche Vageill, had been born in France.
Cyril Edmund Vincent McGlade was born on 9th April 1903, in the Knockloughrim area. He was the youngest of eight children, all born in the Bellaghy area.
Family: Patrick McGlade, Catherine Kate McGlade, John McGlade (born 6th September 1890), Greta Margaret McGlade (born 31st August 1892), Annie Nan McGlade (born 27th March 1894), Patrick McGlade (born 9th October 1895), Charles McGlade (born 15th February 1897), Bernard McGlade (born 5th September 1898), Michael McGlade (born 9th October 1900), Cyril Edmund Vincent McGlade (born 9th April 1903).
Ursaline Convent in Coleraine
The 1911 census lists the family at house 17 in Cabragh, Rocktown. None of the children were living with their parents.
The 1911 census lists Michael and Vincent boarding at Ursaline Convent in Coleraine, County Londonderry.
Vincent is listed as being a Licentiate in Dental Surgery (L.D.S.), which meant he had a degree in dental surgery.
Vincent McGlade served with the Royal Army Dental Corps in World War Two.
Captain Cyril Edmund Vincent McGlade died on 23rd December 1944.
Captain Vincent McGlade was initially buried in Mandalay War Cemetery.
Exhumation Sheet - Mandalay War Cemetery.
Captain Cyril Edmund Vincent McGlade was reinterred in Taukkyan War Cemetery in Burma around 1951 or later.
Captain Cyril E V McGlade is commemorated locally on Castledawson War Memorial.
The CWGC record Captain Cyril Edmund Vincent McGlade as the son of Patrick and Kate McGlade of Knockloughrim, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. His listed as being a Licentiate in Dental Surgery (L.D.S.).
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Relevant Magherafelt Area Locations
No Location Region Location Notes Longtitude Latitude
1 Castledawson War Memorial Castledawson Listed on Castledawson War Memorial 54.781228 -6.559078
2 Knockloughrim Knockloughrim Parents had store in Knockloughrim 54.811965 -6.611194
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1 1901 census lists McGlade family Lists family at house 1 in Cabragh, Rocktown, Londonderry
2 1911 census lists McGlade family Lists family at house 17 in Cabragh, Rocktown, Londonderry
3 1911 census lists Vincent McGlade Lists Michael and Vincent at school 7.2 in Coleraine, Londonderry
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