Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Timothy F. Breen
Timothy Francis Breen was born in Malden, December 19, 1894, one of four sons of Michael and Ellen (Reagan) Breen. He was a brother to Michael, Daniel, John and Katherine. His parents both immigrated from Ireland and settled first in Roxbury, Massachusetts, before moving to Malden. Breen was employed as a grocery clerk.
Breen enlisted in the war on February 7, 1917. He went overseas with Co. E, 9th Inf. 2d div., on September 7, 1917. He died October 4, 1918, of wounds received in action during the Battle of Blanc Mont Ridge.
Vincent P. Hurley
Vincent Paul Hurley was born in Boston, Massachusetts, April 1, 1895. He was the son of Charles and Margaret (Curran) Hurley, and brother of Edward and Albert (both served in U.S.N.), Michael, Francis (Co. E, 59th Inf.), Molly and Irene. He worked as a clerk. Before moving to Malden, he had been a resident of Dorchester.
Hurley enlisted March 29, 1918. He was sent overseas May 6, 1918, as part of Co. E, 59th Inf., and was killed in action, August 12, 1918, near Bazoches, France.
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Winthrop S. Lowery
Winthrop Stanley Lowery was born in Salem, Massachusetts, July 6, 1895. He was the son of John William and Helen (Dodge) Lowery, and brother of Harold, John, Marion, and Ernest Lowery (who also died in the war). In 1917 he lived at 16 Concord St., Malden, and was employed as a driver at American Express, in Malden.
Lowery enlisted June 20, 1916, and served at the Mexican Border with Co. L, 5th Inf., Massachusetts National Guard, for a year as a private. He was sent overseas in September, 1917. He was promoted to Corporal August 21, 1917. March, 1918, he was transferred to Casual Co., 51st Arty. Brigade. Corp. Lowery died March 22, 1918, as a result of an accident, near Mirecourt.
Walter H. Bowker
Walter Howard Bowker was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on August 19, 1888. He was a son of Watson T. Bowker, who died the same year Walter was born, and Ella Bertha (Manning) Bowker, who later married Charles B. Sproul. Bowker was a caterer and lived and was employed in New York.
Bowker enlisted September 28, 1917. He was sent overseas May 1, 1918. He died October 8, 1918, killed in action at Hill 223, Châtel-Chéhéry. He was cited "for great coolness and fidelity in the performance of his duties while advancing on Hill 223 with his company during the Meuse-Argonne offensive."
Lloyd S. McCarthy
Lloyd S. McCarthy was born in Malden, Mass., September 24, 1893. He was the son of William and Susan (Bowlby) McCarthy, and brother of William, George, Rupert, Doris, Beatrice, Cora, Mabel, and Marion. He worked as a grocery clerk in Boston.
McCarthy enlisted May 16, 1917, and reported for duty July 25. He was mustered August 6, Co. L, 5th Inf., Massachusetts National Guard, and later transferred to Co. L, 101st Inf., 26th Div. He was sent overseas Sept. 7, 1917. He died September 24, 1918, of disease, in France.
Monday, June 24, 2013
Merton L. Allen
Merton Lewis Allen, son of Ira William and Lottie Belle Allen, was born in Woolrich, Maine, May 28, 1898. He had 1 sibling, a sister Neva. He worked as a clerk with the Boston & Maine Railroad.
Allen enlisted April 9, 1917, and was sent overseas September 7 of that year. He died June 11, 1918, at Base Hospital 18, Bazoilles, France.
Boston Evening Globe, June 8, 1921
A military funeral will be given private Merton L. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira W. Allen of 23 Revere st., Linden, who paid the supreme sacrifice in France and whose body reached here yesterday. The funeral will be held next Sunday afternoon at the Linden Methodist Church and members of Malden Post of the American Legion will attend.
Harry W. Bateman
Harry Wensley Bateman was born in Shediac, New Brunswick, Canada, September 12, 1890, son of Henry Albert and Amanda Edith (Lutz) Bateman. He immigrated when he was 3 years old, in 1893. She was the brother of Catherine Barbara, William James, Laura Edith, Cora Alberta, Charles Henry, Jane Muriel, Winifred Amelia, and Albert Eastman. Bateman was an electrician and resided at 74 Judson St.
He enlisted on June 26, 1918. He was send overseas August 27, 1918. He died October 1, 1918, when he was run over by a railway train, near Bordeaux, France. He was buried at Forestdale Cemetery in Malden, November 7, 1920.
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