Lance-Corporal, 265707, Malcolm McDonald (24) – Killed in Action

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"

The Banffshire Herald dated 5th May 1917

The Following is an Extract from the Above Publication from the 5th of May 1917 Notices Ogg – Died of wounds in 26 General Hospital, Etaples on 25th of April 1917, Private, James Ogg, Gordon Highlanders, aged 20 years, eldest son of James and Helen, Main Street, Newmill . Henderson – Died in Number OneContinue reading "The Banffshire Herald dated 5th May 1917"

We Will Remember Them

I am based in the north of Scotland in the small village of Aberlour. Having served in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards in the 1980's, I have a keen interest in military history, in particular the stories of those who served. I was a remote volunteer for the Imperial War Museum working on a WorldContinue reading "We Will Remember Them"