Andrew Berghaus McCreath

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Personal and Family Information

Andrew was born in 1888, the son of Henry Gourlay McCreath and Agnes Isabella Miller. The place is not known.

He died on 11 DEC 1917 in Cairo.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Andrew Berghaus McCreath
(1888-1917)

  

Henry Gourlay McCreath
(1846-1916)

  

William McCreath
(1802-1879)

  

James McCreath
(1764-?)

 +
   

Margaret Hannah
(c1764-?)

  
   

Margaret Crichton
(1807-1870)

    
 		 
     
 		 
   

Agnes Isabella Miller
(c1855-1931)

    
 		   
 		 
     
 		 
     
 		   
 		 
     
 		 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth1888
Death11 DEC 1917
Place: Cairo

Notes

Note 1

An extract from The London Gazette dated 1st Jan., 1918., records the following:- "On 26th July, 1917, during an inspection of grenades, one of the grenades fell on the ground and detonated, and Lieutenant McCreath, hearing warning shouts, ran up and picked up the bomb. In order to get rid of it without endangering others, he had to run until he found an empty dug-out into which to throw it. As he was about to throw it away the detonator exploded; fortunately, the ammonal was wet (although Lieutenant McCreath did not know this), and no further explosion took place or he would almost certainly have been killed or severely injured."