Second Lieutenant James Robertson MacDaniel

Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
Date published: 05/10/1917
Killed in action: Yes
Date of death: 18/08/1917
Age at death: 25
Cemetery: Harlebeke New British Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Plot: II. A. 7.
Information: Second Lieutenant James Robertson MacDaniel, R.F.C., was the only son of Mr. J. MacDaniel, 2 Warrenpoint, Clontarf, Dublin. He joined the South Irish Horse at outbreak of war and received his commission in the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in October, 1915. After training in Cork and Fermoy he was sent to France. Mentioned in despatches, May, 1917, for distinguished conduct in the field, then volunteered for Royal Flying Corps as an army observer. Went to France on July 31st, and was killed in action in the air on August 18th. He was educated at Rathmines College and was a prominent member of Clontarf Football and Cricket Clubs.