Robert McCreadie (McCready)

Robert and the 10th (Service) Battalion arrived at Boulogne on the 12/05/1915. The 12th (Service) Battalion (who Robert fell with) arrived at Boulogne on the 10/07/1915 and were part of the 46th Brigade, 15th (Scottish) Division. Robert was Killed in Action at the Battle of Pilckem Ridge, 31st July - 2nd August 1917. This was part of the The Battles of Ypres, 31st July - 10th November 1917 : The British finally got what they had wanted since 1914: the opportunity to attack at Ypres and breakout of the confines of the salient of trenches around it. Often known as the 3rd Battle of Ypres or Passchendaele, the offensive began with encouraging gains but terrible summer weather soon bogged it down. By August the offensive was clearly failing in its objectives and had descended into attritional fighting. New techniques by both sides led to agonisingly slow forward movement for the British, at enormous cost in casualties to both sides. Bad weather in October led to the battlefield becoming an impossible quagmire. Robert was previously with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers before the War. He was slightly wounded in October 1916 and allowed home for a few weeks. Robert is listed as McCREADIE on the Coatbridge Memorial and on the Census Records and Newspaper clipping. He is listed as McCREADY on his Medal Index Card, Army Register of Soldiers Effects and on the Menin Gate Memorial. See photos for Robert's Medal Index Card, his Newspaper clipping, his Army Register of Soldiers Effects, his Service Medal and Award Rolls x 2, his CWGC Grave Registration, his name on the Menin Gate Memorial Panel List, his name on the Menin Gate Memorial x 2 and the Highland Light Infantry Cap Badge.