posted on 2024-02-23, 23:01authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
<p dir="ltr">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.</p>
<p>This collection contains:</p>
<p>Rail ticket.<br>
Demobilisation booklet.<br>
Envelope for discharge papers.<br>
Embroidered postcards.<br>
He is 2nd from the left in the group photograph.<br>
Scraps of paper with French addressed written on them.<br>
Paybook page.<br>
Postcard book of Ypres.<br>
Postcard of French troops.<br>
Embroidered postcard for the Scottish Rifles.<br>
Embroidered postcard sent to "My Dear Children".<br>
Postcards of Ypres.<br>
Photograph of Private William McMillan.<br>
Union Jack Club.</p>