Captain J.R. MACSWINEY. M.C. - a photo on Flickriver

            From the Old Birkonians School book:

Captain JR MacSwiney M.C. 10th (Scottish) Battalion The Kings (Liverpool Regiment).

Joseph R MacSwiney son of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Eugene V MacSwiney of Birkenhead was born on March 23 1892 and died of pneumonia at Owestry on November 2 1918. He entered the school in 1904 having previously been in the Preparatory, and on leaving in 1908 entered the State Insurance Company in Liverpool.
He was in France in the ranks of the Liverpool Scottish in 1914, and obtained his commission the next year. On April 13 1918 he won the Military Cross, the official description of the award being as follows:- "During the night the enemy attacked the strong point known as "Route A", north-west of Festubert, and was completely repulsed. Captain MacSwiney commanded his company on an attack on a strong point. Having captured the first objective, he went forward to reconnoitre and found a company of another battalion which had lost all its officers and had not reached its objective. He brought up his own company and completed the capture of the position, taking nine prisoners and one machine gun. He then organised the defence and and repelled a counter attack two hours later."
After his death his Colonel wrote "Your son was a most gallant and trustworthy officer, and was beloved by his fellow officers and his men. I really cannot tell you how grieved we all are."

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Taken in: UK / England / Bidston (show map)

Taken on: March 21, 2021

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