Larne in WW1 on the NET web page

Regiment, Corps etc.	Royal Irish Rifles
Battalion/etc.	18th Battalion.
Surname	MCCLELLAN
Christian Name(s)	Allan John
Initials	A J
Born
Enlisted
Residence
Age:
Date of Death:	01/07/16
Died How	Killed in action
Theatre of War	France & Flanders
Rank	2/LT
Service Number
Casualty Type:	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference:	Pier and Face 15 A and 15 B
Cemetery:	THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Supplementary Notes	(ATT 15TH BTN)
Notes	Son of William and Flora McClellan, of Ballyboley, Ballynure, Belfast.
Source: Our Heroes, Mons to the Somme. supplied by Dick Flory	Son of Mr. James McClellan of Ballyboley, Co. Antrim Before the war was an assistant master at Larne Grammar School Initially served as a Sergeant in 16 Bn, RIR Commissioned and attached to 18 (Reserve) Bn, RIR Killed in action just after he passed his 21st Birthday His eldest brother was second in command of a torpedo boat destroyer in the North Sea and his youngest brother was serving with the 196th Western Universities Battalion in Canada.
Notes	Larne Grammar School Plaque
Notes	Larne War Memorial

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Updated on 28 November, 2004