What happened to Martin mulligan ww1

[eda]

I've had a little breakthrough with my search for Martin mulligan l now have his record when he sighed up,, l know, about his life before 1901 which was not a happy one,, he joined up to escape his life,,,
He said he was born 1889 but it was 1891,born Widnes Cheshire,
He joined the 3rd  East Lancashire reg 16/10/06,,,,
Service no 3669,, lm told there is one death ww1 with this name. November 1914,,but not the same regiment,,
I have l month sub on FindMyPast where l found his signing up papers ,, can anyone help me find what happened to Martin thankyou eda

[rosie99]

This is the 1914 one that you mention on the CWGC website
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/918230/martin-mulligan/

Private MARTIN MULLIGAN
Service Number: 6619
Regiment & Unit/Ship - 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
Date of Death - Died 01 November 1914
Buried or commemorated at
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 5.
Belgium

[AllanUK]

This is the 1914 one that you mention on the CWGC website
https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/918230/martin-mulligan/

Private MARTIN MULLIGAN
Service Number: 6619
Regiment & Unit/Ship - 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)
Date of Death - Died 01 November 1914
Buried or commemorated at
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 5.
Belgium

This man's place of birth is recorded in the Soldiers Died in the Great War database as Barnsley, Yorkshire.

[eda]

Thankyou Martin was born Widnes.. The address on the assetation,, was 3 water Street Blackburn this was 1906

[KGarrad]

Some two-thirds of the WW1 Service Records were destroyed in a WW2 bombing raid.

[eda]

Thankyou lm hoping he survived
Eda 

[Andy J2022]

Eda,
I assume that you are sure that the Martin Mulligan whose details you included in the opening posting is the correct person, based on the names and address of his father and sister included on his service record (under next of kin). If so, that Martin Mulligan did not join the Army, but the Militia. I know that sounds like splitting hairs, but there is a substantial difference between the two. Militia men were part time soldiers. After completing their initial training they then had only to attend for two weeks training per year, and therefore would have had a civilian job, which in his case seems to have been a labourer in a 'bobbing' works. Militiamen could not be forced to serve outside the UK. Had he remained in the Militia, in 1908 he would have been transferred into the newly created Territorial Force, either on his old terms of service in the so-called Special Reserve, or if he agreed, on conditions which included him being sent to fight overseas if the need arose.

However his record says that he transferred to the Royal Lancs Regiment in 3 September 1906. This is presumably a reference to the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment. His record does not state if this was to one of the Reserve battalions (that is to say what would become part of the Territorial Force in 1908) or to one of the two Regular battalions. The Reserve Battalions were based further North than Blackburn where he appears to have been living in 1906. The 3rd (Militia) Battalion was based in Lancaster, the 4th (Reserve) Battalion was in Ulverston and Barrow-in-Furness, and the 5th (Reserve) Battalion was also based in Lancaster. If he joined the Regular Army then it seems more likely that he would have gone to the 2nd Battalion then based in Colchester, rather than the 1st Battalion which was in India and didn't return to the UK until 1912.

Unfortunately there appears to be no service record for him in the King's Own Royal Lancaster Regiment, so it quite likely that his was one of the large percentage of records which were destroyed by fire in WW2, as mentioned by KGarrad. If he joined the 3rd (Militia) Battalion of the King's Own Royal Lancasters then he would not have been obliged to go to France in 1914, and so quite possibly he may only have served in th UK. This means there is very little chance of finding any collateral records for him as he wouldn't have been eligible for any medals. Another possibility is that at the start of WW1 he transferred yet again to another Regiment, and so might be one of the dozen or so Martin Mulligans for whom some records survived from that period.

[ALAMO2008]

Are you sure he was Born in 1891 Registration in Prescot ? Mother's Maiden Name =  Mulroy

The 1911 shows a Pte  Martin Mullgan in South Africa born  Barnsley Yorkshire

He was born Barnsley March 1885 Vol 9c Page 209 Mother's Maiden Name = Barrett

James Mulligan married Catherine Barrett in Barnsley in December 1878

He wasn't at Home 1891 Census probably away in the Army just Catherine and the Children in Barnsley

[eda]

Hi yes his mother was Bridget mulroy  father Michael mulligan he was born 1891,,