British Army Veterinary Corps
Hugh MCCARTNEY
Lieutenant
Died 4 November 1915 · Aged 43
His story
Lieutenant Hugh McCartney MRCVS was the son of John and Ann McCartney and the husband of Rose Crilly McCartney of Neilston near Glasgow. He qualified from the Glasgow Veterinary College in December 1894.
He was commissioned as a Lieutenant in the Army Veterinary Corps on the 15th of July 1915, and he died of morphine poisoning at Aitkenhead Farm Military Hospital near Blairgowrie in Perthshire on the 4th of November of that year.
He was 43 years old and is buried in Neilston Cemetery. His grave is marked with a standard Commonwealth War Grave Headstone, which shows him as a Lieutenant in the Royal Army Veterinary Corps.
Before the war
- Nationality
- British
- Date of Birth
- 1872
- Place of Birth
- Glasgow, Scotland
- Veterinary College and Date of Graduation
- Glasgow - December 1894
Military service
- Last Rank
- Lieutenant
- Regiment/Service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
Medals and commemoration
- Name on RCVS Honour Board
- Yes
- Name In Officers who died in Great War
- No
- Medals and Awards
- 1914/15 Star; British War Medal 1914-1918; Victory Medal
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 4 November 1915
- Age at Death
- 43
- Place of Death
- Aitkenhead Farm Military Hospital , England
- Cause of Death
- Morphine Poisoning
- Cemetery
- Neilston Cemetery
- Location
- Barrhead, England
- Grave Reference
- V.7
- Commonwealth War Grave
- Yes - CWGC Headstone
- Emblem or Badge on Headstone
- British Army Veterinary Corps
Sources and further reading
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Hugh Mccartney”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/hugh_mcartney/.
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