Individual Details
Lt Col Gregory Day McCormick
(13 Sep 1875 - 21 Dec 1919)
Events
| Birth | 13 Sep 1875 | Dunmore East, Woodstown, Waterford, Dunmore, Ireland | |||
| Military service | Bet 1914 and 1918 | WW1 | |||
| Marriage | 9 Aug 1914 | Lee, Kent, England, United Kingdom - Beryl Alice Beatrix Down | |||
| Death | 21 Dec 1919 | WWI CWGC - Pakistan |  | ||
| Burial | 22 Dec 1919 | India Gate Cemetery, Lieut- Colonel 72nd Punjabis inscription on gravestone., Jangola, Bengal, India | |||
| Military | Served in the Great War 1914-18 - Major 72nd Punjabis attached to 112th Infantry, mentioned in dispatches |
Families
| Spouse | Beryl Alice Beatrix Down (1888 - 1971) |
| Father | Rev Canon Joseph McCormick (1834 - 1914) |
| Mother | Frances Harriet Haines (1842 - 1913) |
Notes
Death
McCORMICK, GREGORY DAYRank: Lieutenant Colonel
Date of Death: 21/12/1919
Regiment/Service: 72nd Punjabis attd. 2nd Bn. 122nd Rajputana Infantry
Panel Reference Face 26.
Memorial DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)
Additional Information: (Buried Jandola Cem. 7.).
killed on the Indian frontier - Kas, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Pakistan
Name: McCORMICK, GREGORY DAY
Initials: G D
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Lieutenant Colonel
Regiment/Service: 72nd Punjabis
Secondary Regiment: 122nd Rajputana Infantry
Secondary Unit Text: attd. 2nd Bn.
Date of Death: 21/12/1919
Additional information: (Buried Jandola Cem. 7.).
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Face 26.
Memorial: DELHI MEMORIAL (INDIA GATE)
Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, June 16, 1894. S. of the Rev. Joseph (1853), of London [and Frances Harriet Haines]. B. Sept. 13, 1875, at Dunmore East, Waterford, Ireland. School, Exeter (Mr W. A. Cunningham).p2='Matriculation: the formal admission of a student into the University as distinguished from his admission into a College. It occurred in each of the three terms, Lent, Easter, Michaelmas.';//--> Matric. Michs. 1894. Second Lieut., the Hampshire Regt., 1898; transferred to Indian S.C., 1899; Lieut., Indian Army, 1900; Capt., 1907. Served in the Great War, 1914-19 (Major, 72nd Punjabis, attached 112th Infantry; mentioned in despatches). Killed on the Indian Frontier, Dec. 21, 1919. Brother of Joseph G. (1893) and William P. G. (1896). (Univ. War List; Army Lists; The Times, Dec. 29, 1919.)