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Continuing my research into the decendents of Robert Craig and Eliza Maginnis of Carrownaffe, Moville, I found the wife and children of their third son, William Craig (1860 - 1889), in the 1901 and 1911 Census of Ireland.
His widow, Georgina (nee Daly) Craig, born Cork, married William Craig in Cork during the July - Sept qtr 1886. The two surviving sons Robert John Craig b. July - Sept qtr 1887 in Londonderry and George Daly Craig born 8 November, 1889 (ie just over 4 months after his father's death) also in Londonderry; a third child was born (according to the 1911 census) but does not appear to have survived until 1901.
I have been able to find a deal of information about George Daly Craig. He earned a BA 1912 and MA 1916 from Trinity Col. Dublin. He served in the 6th Royal Highlanders (Black Watch) and the Royal Irish Fusiliers during WW1 rising to the rank of Captain. His service is honoured in the Roll of Honour of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, in the roll for Great James Street Presbyterian (see Eddies Extracts
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~econnolly/index.html) After the war he emmigrated to the United States, married and eventually divorced. He passed away in 1951 in Los Angles.
The Roll of Honour for Great James Street Presbyterian also lists a Captain Robert John Craig M.C. and Mentioned in Despatches and lists his Regt as B N Indian Regt. my research suggests that this is an error either in the transcription to Eddies Extracts or more likely in the original.
The only Robert John Craig M.C. and MiD I can find in the Medal Index Cards or the London Gazette was a Captain in the British West Indies Regiment. This Robert John Craig was a police inspector in British Guiana when he joined up and was born in 1887 or 1888, but unfortunately none of the records I can find give his birthplace so I cannot definitivly say they are one and the same man. What I do know is that after the war he returned to British Guiana and resumed his service as police inspector and that sometime in 1925 or 1926 he left that service and joined the service in Sierra Leone.. In this service, he rose to be Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police and in 1939 was awarded the Colonial Police Medal for Meritorous Service. Over the years, he made many return visits, mostly to addresses in PortStewart, so there is some connection to Londonderry.
What I am hoping for is that someone with access to the Derry newspapers, might find some mention of him there which confirms he is Robert John Craig son of William Craig and Georgina Daly. The dates of the significant events are
Joined British Guiana police sometime 1911 - 1915,
Commissioned to British West Indies Regt 21 August 1915, published in London Gazette 14 December, 1915
arrived Plymouth from Demerara 6 September 1915
went with 1st Battalion to Egypt arriving January 1916
Mentioned in Despatches 3 April 1918, published in London Gazette 14 June 1918
awarded Military Cross, award published in the Supplement to the LG 8 March, 1919, the citation published in the Suppl to the LG 4 October, 1919
awarded Colonial Police Medal, award published in Suppl to the LG 8 June 1939
