John Ross Macardle
His address was recorded as Jocelyn Place, Dundalk.
His father is recorded as Thomas Callan and his mother as Minnie Lucy Macardle nee Ross.
He was appointed as Temporary 2nd Lieutenant on the 12th October 1914 and landed in France with the Royal Field Artillery on the 17th July 1915.
There is a record a Capt. John Ross MacArdle being appointed Lieutenant Royal Artillery on the 28th Dec 1939.
And another record for a J R MacArdle recorded in the British Army Lists as Lieutenant with the Royal Regiment of Artillery from 1940 – 1945.
Military Cross
Awarded for “Gallantry during Active Service against the Enemy”.
For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to
duty. His battery came under heavy fire,
and the camouflage at one of the gun pits
was set on fire. He at once ran in and extinguished
it, and thus prevented the fire
from spreading to the ammunition.
It was largely due to his gallant act that the battery
was able to keep all its guns in action.
