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the Seaforth Highlanders

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Pedigree
Last Edited: 2 Apr 2021

Military Service

  • Military Service*: John Campsie Adamson served with the Seaforth Highlanders between 1914 and 1918 Seaforth Highlanders, lost leg.1
  • Military Service*: The Seaforth Highlanders Major William Morton MacKay between 1914 and 1918 at Mesopotamia, .2
  • Military Service: John Campsie Adamson served with the Seaforth Highlanders on 1 April 1915 Sea Highers Depot; regimental no S/7902, rank private, enlitment 1.4.15.3
  • Military Service*: The Seaforth Highlanders Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler between 1917 and 1919 Name:      Alexander Young Dickson
    Military Year:      1914-1920
    Rank:      Private
    Company:      WO 329
    Regiment or Corps:      Seaforth Highlanders
    Regiment Number:      s/24122
    Medal Awarded:      British War Medal and Victory Medal.4
  • Military Service: John Campsie Adamson served with the Seaforth Highlanders on 30 June 1917 date of discharge 30.6.17, cause of discharge Para 392 K R Wounds; awarded British Star 5.8.15.3
  • Military Service: The Seaforth Highlanders Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler on 21 February 1919 Name:      Alexander Young Dickson
    Rank:      Pte
    Record Type:      Disability Appendicitis
    Birth Date:      1899
    Residence Place:      Hawkhill Dundee
    Military Service Region:      Scotland, Scotland
    Military Country:      Scotland
    Discharge Date:      21 Feb 1919
    Service Number:      S/24122
    Corps, Regiment or Unit:      Seaforth Highlanders
    Service Branch:      Military (Army)
    Title:      WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
    Description:      Pension Record Ledger
    Reference Number:      1/MD/1955.5
  • Military Service: The Seaforth Highlanders Alexander Young Dickson jute mill oiler on 14 March 1919 Name:      Alexander Young Dickson
    Record Type:      Card
    Service Number:      S/2422, S/24122, 17879
    Corps, Regiment or Unit:      Sfth Hdrs, Train Res Gp
    Title:      WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers
    Description:      Other Ranks Survived
    Reference Number:      1/Md/1955.6

Citations

  1. [S32] Newspaper Article, Glasgow Herald 4 Feb 1949 via http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19490204&id=L1NAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=FosMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4488,2281007 [Nov 2014].
  2. [S54] Website findmypast.co.uk (www.findmypast.co.uk) Dundee Courier Obituary Books [Oct 2020].
  3. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) WW1 Medal cards.
  4. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) The National Archives of the UK; Kew, Surrey, England; War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War. WO329; Ref: 1647
    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. UK, World War I Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
    Original data: War Office and Air Ministry: Service Medal and Award Rolls, First World War. WO329. The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey, England. [Dec 2020]
  5. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Western Front Association; London, England; WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers; Reference: 024/01MD
    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
    Original data: World War One Pension Records, The Western Front Association, England. [Apr 2021]
  6. [S9] Website Ancestry.co.uk (www.ancestry.co.uk) Western Front Association; London, England; WWI Pension Record Cards and Ledgers; Reference: 062/0225/DIC-DIL
    Source Information
    Ancestry.com. UK, World War I Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2018.
    Original data: World War One Pension Records, The Western Front Association, England. [Apr 2021]