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anne park
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 Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 9:07 am Post subject: Albert McDonald - Longside CWGC has Albert Donald |
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Albert McDonald Pte 240989 5th Gordon Highlanders b Aberdeen 1893 e Peterhead Killed in Action F&F 16/05/1917 Stepson of William Cheves, 1 Free Church Lane, Longside. Mother: Mary McDonald. 1901 Census: 1 Free Church Lane, Longside. Occ: Farm Servant. Soldiers Effects: Half-Sis: Jenny Cheves. Arras Memorial M. R. 20 Panel 8 & 9 AJ 26-06-17 P4: Missing: Longside
CWGC has Albert Donald
Rank:Private
Service No:240989
Date of Death:16/05/1917
Regiment/Service:Gordon Highlanders 5th Bn.
Panel Reference: Bay 8 and 9. Memorial:ARRAS MEMORIAL
Using Ancestry Soldiers Effects I managed to find him...
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spoons
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I know of a few instances locally where the Mc part of the name is dropped and just not used - even to the present day. For example a work colleague's name is McNally but his mother was always known as Betty Nally, never heard the Mc used in her name so it may be that the service records just show what the soldier told them his name was, rather than what was on his birth record.
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anne park
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| Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2016 9:08 am Post subject: Reply from CWGC |
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I got an email saying I will get word about them looking into the info.
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