Casualty of the Great War,John ("Jack")served with the Royal Flying Corps,84th Sqdn. He was killed in aerial combat over Busigny, near Le Cateau, France, age 20.He was the holder of the MC (Military Cross).
He was part of what became known as the "McCudden Syndicate"-he was one of four brothers, three of whom were killed during the Great War whilst serving with the Royal Flying Corps or its successor, the Royal Air Force. He was known as a Barrack Rat-the name given to those born at the Garrison Hospital in Brompton Barracks, Maxwell Road,in old Brompton-part of Gillingham. He was a son of Sergeant Major William Henry McCudden (Royal Engineers) and Amelia Emma McCudden, nee Byford, the daughter of a Royal Marine Drum Major.
His brothers James Thomas Byford McCudden, VC and William Thomas James McCudden also fell.John is remembered on the grave of his brother, Flight Sergeant (Pilot Instructor)William ("Bill")Thomas James McCudden, (who had trained him and was also a casualty of the Great War,) at Chatham-Maidstone Road Cemetery.
His medals are displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham, England, alongside those of two of his brothers and his father. The McCudden brothers are also commemorated on the Brompton War Memorial near Chatham Dockyard in Kent and on a panel on the Carlow Great War Memorial, Leighlinbridge Memorial Garden, Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, Ireland which notes also that their father was born in Carlow
(Civil Registration: Births Jun 1897 McCudden John Anthony Medway 2a 627)
He was part of what became known as the "McCudden Syndicate"-he was one of four brothers, three of whom were killed during the Great War whilst serving with the Royal Flying Corps or its successor, the Royal Air Force. He was known as a Barrack Rat-the name given to those born at the Garrison Hospital in Brompton Barracks, Maxwell Road,in old Brompton-part of Gillingham. He was a son of Sergeant Major William Henry McCudden (Royal Engineers) and Amelia Emma McCudden, nee Byford, the daughter of a Royal Marine Drum Major.
His brothers James Thomas Byford McCudden, VC and William Thomas James McCudden also fell.John is remembered on the grave of his brother, Flight Sergeant (Pilot Instructor)William ("Bill")Thomas James McCudden, (who had trained him and was also a casualty of the Great War,) at Chatham-Maidstone Road Cemetery.
His medals are displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham, England, alongside those of two of his brothers and his father. The McCudden brothers are also commemorated on the Brompton War Memorial near Chatham Dockyard in Kent and on a panel on the Carlow Great War Memorial, Leighlinbridge Memorial Garden, Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, Ireland which notes also that their father was born in Carlow
(Civil Registration: Births Jun 1897 McCudden John Anthony Medway 2a 627)
Casualty of the Great War,John ("Jack")served with the Royal Flying Corps,84th Sqdn. He was killed in aerial combat over Busigny, near Le Cateau, France, age 20.He was the holder of the MC (Military Cross).
He was part of what became known as the "McCudden Syndicate"-he was one of four brothers, three of whom were killed during the Great War whilst serving with the Royal Flying Corps or its successor, the Royal Air Force. He was known as a Barrack Rat-the name given to those born at the Garrison Hospital in Brompton Barracks, Maxwell Road,in old Brompton-part of Gillingham. He was a son of Sergeant Major William Henry McCudden (Royal Engineers) and Amelia Emma McCudden, nee Byford, the daughter of a Royal Marine Drum Major.
His brothers James Thomas Byford McCudden, VC and William Thomas James McCudden also fell.John is remembered on the grave of his brother, Flight Sergeant (Pilot Instructor)William ("Bill")Thomas James McCudden, (who had trained him and was also a casualty of the Great War,) at Chatham-Maidstone Road Cemetery.
His medals are displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham, England, alongside those of two of his brothers and his father. The McCudden brothers are also commemorated on the Brompton War Memorial near Chatham Dockyard in Kent and on a panel on the Carlow Great War Memorial, Leighlinbridge Memorial Garden, Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, Ireland which notes also that their father was born in Carlow
(Civil Registration: Births Jun 1897 McCudden John Anthony Medway 2a 627)
He was part of what became known as the "McCudden Syndicate"-he was one of four brothers, three of whom were killed during the Great War whilst serving with the Royal Flying Corps or its successor, the Royal Air Force. He was known as a Barrack Rat-the name given to those born at the Garrison Hospital in Brompton Barracks, Maxwell Road,in old Brompton-part of Gillingham. He was a son of Sergeant Major William Henry McCudden (Royal Engineers) and Amelia Emma McCudden, nee Byford, the daughter of a Royal Marine Drum Major.
His brothers James Thomas Byford McCudden, VC and William Thomas James McCudden also fell.John is remembered on the grave of his brother, Flight Sergeant (Pilot Instructor)William ("Bill")Thomas James McCudden, (who had trained him and was also a casualty of the Great War,) at Chatham-Maidstone Road Cemetery.
His medals are displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham, England, alongside those of two of his brothers and his father. The McCudden brothers are also commemorated on the Brompton War Memorial near Chatham Dockyard in Kent and on a panel on the Carlow Great War Memorial, Leighlinbridge Memorial Garden, Leighlinbridge, Co. Carlow, Ireland which notes also that their father was born in Carlow
(Civil Registration: Births Jun 1897 McCudden John Anthony Medway 2a 627)
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