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The McCarthy Family Headstone in Sutton Coldfield Cemetery
(IN LOVING MEMORY OF AGNES R McCARTHY, WHO PASSED AWAY MAY 20th 1917)
Photo : Derek Walker
An Officer of the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on his family headstone in Sutton Coldfield cemetery.
The headstone originally commemorated Agnes McCarthy, the Officer's mother. Agnes McCarthy's husband, Major John McCarthy of the RASC, died two years later and was buried beside his wife in this cemetery. Major McCarthy lived in the Lewisham area of London, but had been stationed in Sutton Coldfield in 1917 when his wife passed away.
Their son, 2nd Lieutenant Noel Fisher McCarthy of the Yorkshire Regiment is commemorated on this headstone.
We are very grateful to Richard Roberts (<richard.nsw@googlemail.com>) for providing information on the McCarthy family, and to Derek Walker for the photos of the headstone and the cemetery.
2nd Lieutenant Noel Fisher McCarthy. 2nd Battalion
Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late Maj. J. McCarthy (R.A.S.C.). Killed 18
October 1916. Aged 20.
Commemorated Pier and Face 14 A and 14 B, THIEPVAL MEMORIAL.
Robert Coulson, in his biographies
of the Officers of the Yorkshire Regiment, provided the following information
on 2nd Lieutenant McCarthy;-
Noel McCarthy was born into a military family, his father serving as a major
with the Royal Army Service Corps. His father was in Ceylon when Noel was
born at Trincomalee on November 11th 1895. Commissioned on December 22nd 1915
2nd Lt McCarthy joined the 2nd battalion in mid July 1916 as they prepared
for the Somme offensive. In mid October the battalion were to carry out an
attack on the Le Transloy Ridge near Gueudecourt. Initially posted as wounded
and missing 2nd Lt Noel Fisher McCarthy was killed in this action on October
18th 1916 at the age of 20. His body was lost to the battlefield and he is
remembered today on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing. Noel McCarthy was
the son of the late Major J McCarthy of 4 Leyland Road, Lee in London.
The
Commemoration of 2nd Lieut McCarthy on the McCarthy Family Headstone in Sutton
Coldfield Cemetery
(AND TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF NOEL FISHER McCARTHY, / LIEUT YORKSHIRE REGT.
DEARLY LOVED ONLY SON OF JOHN AND AGNES R McCARTHY
KILLED IN FRANCE OCT 17/18th 1916)
Photo : Derek Walker
The McCarthy Family Headstone in Sutton Coldfield Cemetery
(AND TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF JOHN McCARTHY, MAJOR R A S C
THE BELOVED HUSBAND OF AGNES R McCARTHY / WHO DIED SUDDENLY SEPT 30th 1919)
Photo : Derek Walker
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General View of Sutton Coldfield Cemetery
Photo : Derek Walker
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