Patrick originally was with the 17th (Service) Battalion (3rd Glasgow) who landed at Boulogne on the 23/11/1915. They disbanded in France on the 11/02/1918. On the 14/05/1916 the 10th (Service) Battalion transferred to 46th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division and amalgamated with the 11th (Service) Battalion to form the 10/11th (Service) Battalion. From the 16/02/1918 the 10/11th transferred to 120th Brigade, 40th Division. Patrick received gunshot wounds to the back and leg and died shortly after. He was killed on the opening day of the Battle of St Quentin, 21st - 23rd March 1918. This was part of the 1st Battles of the Somme, 21st March - 5th April 1918 : After transferring very large forces from the now-collapsed Eastern Front, the German Army commits to a series of large-scale offensives. The first, Operation Michael, strikes the British Fifth and Third Armies. A deep advance is made and inflicts large losses, although the second phase, Operation Mars, at Arras on 28 March, is soon held. In the crisis, the Allies decide at Doullens to appoint French General Foch as co-ordinator, and soon enough, as Generalissimo. Before enough French and British reserves are finally assembled to hold the German advance before it captures the critical railway junctions at Amiens. SEE PHOTOS x 18 FOR THE BATTALION WAR DIARY MARCH 1918. The War Diary states from the 21/03/1918 - 27/03/1918 casualties for the Battalion were 16 Officers and 345 Other Ranks. Patrick's Grave photo kindly donated by Mick McCann at the British War Graves website who supply photos FREE OF CHARGE
here. Patrick is also remembered on the St. Patrick's Church (book) Roll of Honour and in the St. Augustine's Parish (book) Roll of Honour. See photos for Patrick's Medal Index Card, his Newspaper clipping, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls, his CWGC Grave Registration x 2, his Headstone Report x 2, Achiet-le-Grand Communal Cemetery Extension, Patrick's Pension Records x 2, another photo of Patrick's Grave and the Highland Light Infantry Cap Badge.
