Malcolm William O'Callaghan Brodie		Return
Captain 16th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, 1 July 1916. [Somme] Malcolm William O'Callaghan Brodie Service Number: Regiment & Unit/Battalion London Regiment Date of Death 2nd November 1966 Buried or commemorated at Broadwas Roll of Honour Country of Service United Kingdom Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Waldegrave & Nora Kathleen Brodie. Family history Edgar Waldegrave Brodie Birth 19th November 1857 - Abresford, Hampshire, England Death 15th June 1929 - Bath, Somerset, England Mother Maria Waldegrave Father Rev. William Brodie Born in Abresford, Hampshire, England on 19 Nov 1857 to Rev. William Brodie and Maria Waldegrave. Edgar Waldegrave Brodie married Nora Kathleen O'Callaghan and had 3 children. He passed away on 15th June 1929 in Bath, Somerset, England. Malcolm William O'Callaghan Brodie - b. 30th January 1887 - d. 2nd November 1966 [aged 79] Donald Francis O'Callaghan Brodie - b. 1888 - d. 3rd November 1914 [aged 26] Angus George O'Callaghan Brodie - b. 1902 - d. 19th November 1948 [aged 37] In 1891 the family were living in Berkeley Gardens, Kensington, London & Middlesex. Edgar's occupation was, Captain 60th rifles. His sons Donald and Malcolm, both born in London, Middlesex, were living there. In 1911 the family lived at Ankerdine House, Knightwick Worcester, Doddenham, Worcestershire. Edgar is now a retired Captain, and his son Angus, born in London lives with the family. The elder sons are not on this or the 1901 census. Malcolm William O'Callaghan Brodie was born on 30th January 1887. He was the son of Edgar Waldegrave Brodie and Nora Kathleen O'Callaghan. He married, firstly, Phyllis Gwavas Carlyon, daughter of Harry Tredenham Fitzherbert Carlyon, on 1st November 1922. He married, secondly, Sybil Barbara Clark, daughter of Henry Shearburn Clark, on 28th November 1948. He died on 2 November 1966 at age 79. [Malcolm William O'Callaghan Brodie and Phyllis Gwavas Carlyon, had a son, Mark Donald Carlyon William Brodie, b. 1st January 1928] Malcolm gained the rank of Captain in the London Regiment, and he fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches. HISTORY INFORMATION   Malcolm William O'Callaghan Brodie was a Captain in the London Regiment. First World War Now part of the Territorial Force, the London Regiment expanded to 88 battalions in the First World War. Of these, 49 battalions saw action in the trenches of the Western Front in France and Flanders, six saw action in the Gallipoli Campaign, 12 saw action at Salonika, 14 saw action against the Turks in Palestine, and one saw action in Waziristan and Afghanistan. Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War, the formation of Reserve or 2nd-Line units for each existing Territorial Force unit was authorised. They were distinguished by a '2/' prefix from their parent unit (prefixed '1/'). Initially these were formed from men who had not volunteered for overseas service, and the recruits who were flooding in. Later they were mobilised for overseas service in their own right and new 3rd Line units were created to supply drafts to the two service battalions. Unusually, the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th London Battalions each sent three battalions overseas and formed 4th Line reserve units. Thus the 26 pre-war battalions of the London regiment became 82 battalions. In June 1915, men of Territorial Force units who had only volunteered for Home service were formed into composite Provisional Battalions for coast defence. In 1916 the Military Service Act swept away the Home/Overseas service distinction and the provisional battalions took on the dual role of home defence and physical conditioning to render men fit for drafting overseas. For example, the 100th Provisional Battalion was formed from Home Service men of 173rd (3/1st London) Brigade (3/1st, 3/2nd, 3/3rd and 3/4th Bns London Regiment). 104th and 105th Provisional Battalions were assigned to the Honourable Artillery Company (which was nominally a battalion of the London Regiment but never accepted that identity), whilst 100th–103rd and 106th–108th Provisional Battalions were assigned to the London Regiment in general. OFFICERS OF THE " QUEEN'S WESTMINSTERS " [16th BATTALION THE LONDON REGIMENT] Lieutenant M. W. Brodie is standing centre, and below the two officers, top, far right.