There are Four new research pages this week in WW1 Lives, two brothers who were officers and two cousins who were both in the Seaforth Highlanders. Click on the Description Heading to discover more on their lives. Mackenzie Tartan A Speysider at Arras Alexander Burgess was a former Farm Servant living at Bogmoor, near SpeyContinue reading "This Weeks New Research"

There are Four new research pages this week in WW1 Lives, three junior officers in Infantry units, two of whom are brothers and a Nursing Sister in Queen Alexandra's Royal Naval Nursing Service. Click on the Description Heading to discover more information. Royal London Hospital Anaesthetist Thomas Burdock Vaile, was an anaesthetist in the RoyalContinue reading "This Weeks New Research"

There are Four new research pages this week in WW1 Lives, three junior officers in Infantry units and a Private in the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Click on the Description Heading to find out more on them. Training Accident Philip Amyas Vaile (22), a 2nd Lieutenant in the London Regiment. Following injury at the Front LineContinue reading "This Weeks New Research"

19th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, 29th September 1918  Grave of William Sayers at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. – ©International Wargrave Photography Project. Military and Civilian Research William Sayers was born in the first quarter of 1900 at Pendleton, Lancashire. His Army Attestation Record has his date of birth as 4 December 1899. (I’mContinue reading "Private, 46948, William Sayers (18) – Died of Wounds"

6th Battalion, Gordon Highlanders, 23rd September 1917  Grave of Malcolm McDonald at Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. - ©International Wargrave Photography Project. Morayshire Roll of Honour Extract from the above 1921 publication :- MCDONALD, Malcolm, No.265707, Lance-Corporal, 1st/6th Gordon Highlanders; born at Fyvie, Aberdeenshire, 14th March 1897, educated at Knockando; joined at Keith, September 1914;Continue reading "Lance-Corporal, 265707, Malcolm McDonald (24) – Killed in Action"