posted on 2024-02-23, 23:01authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
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.