Photographs and documents relating to Pte Wm Mcmillan (20)
Page description
| Title |
Photographs and documents relating to Pte Wm Mcmillan (20)
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|---|---|
| Subject |
McMillan, William
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| Notes |
William McMillan was my maternal grandfather and served in a labour battalion after joining the Cameronians Scottish Rifles in Glasgow.He was born in Glasgow in 1888 and worked as a painter & decorator. He died in Glasgow in 1959.
This collection contains: Rail ticket. Demobilisation booklet. Envelope for discharge papers. Embroidered postcards. He is 2nd from the left in the group photograph. Scraps of paper with French addressed written on them. Paybook page. Postcard book of Ypres. Postcard of French troops. Embroidered postcard for the Scottish Rifles. Embroidered postcard sent to "My Dear Children". Postcards of Ypres. Photograph of Private William McMillan. Union Jack Club. |
| Item date |
1914 - 1918
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| Creation place |
Various
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| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Page number |
20
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| Total number of pages |
23
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| Cataloguer |
Everett Sharp
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| Filename |
GWA_4172_Postcards__Ypres__002.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Mr. C Alexander
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Collection
Citation
“Photographs and documents relating to Pte Wm Mcmillan,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 20, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/5925.
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Document description
| Title |
Photographs and documents relating to Pte Wm Mcmillan
|
|---|---|
| Subject |
McMillan, William
|
| Notes |
William McMillan was my maternal grandfather and served in a labour battalion after joining the Cameronians Scottish Rifles in Glasgow.He was born in Glasgow in 1888 and worked as a painter & decorator. He died in Glasgow in 1959.
This collection contains: Rail ticket. Demobilisation booklet. Envelope for discharge papers. Embroidered postcards. He is 2nd from the left in the group photograph. Scraps of paper with French addressed written on them. Paybook page. Postcard book of Ypres. Postcard of French troops. Embroidered postcard for the Scottish Rifles. Embroidered postcard sent to "My Dear Children". Postcards of Ypres. Photograph of Private William McMillan. Union Jack Club. |
| Item date |
1914 - 1918
|
| Creation place |
Various
|
| Item source | |
| Item medium | |
| Content | |
| Total number of pages |
23
|
| Cataloguer |
Everett Sharp
|
| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
|
| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Mr. C Alexander
|
Citation
“Photographs and documents relating to Pte Wm Mcmillan,” First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 20, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/items/show/5925.
