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7624: Sergeant James McDivitt's Photographs and Certificate

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posted on 2024-01-18, 14:21 authored by Lest We Forget Project Team
<p dir="ltr">Sergeant James McDivitt of the Royal Engineers was born in March, 1885. Before the war he was a cabinet maker. On October 23rd, 1918, he was mentioned in a despatch by General E. H. H. Allenby - this was commemorated in a certificate signed by Winston Churchill.</p> <p>James McDivitt's granddaughter, Mary McLean Innes, believes he spent most of the war in the Middle East, and saw T.E. Lawrence.</p>

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Mary McLean Innes; granddaughter of James McDivitt.

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James McDivitt

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1914 - 1918

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The Middle East.

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Two photographs on postcards show James McDivitt in uniform, one on horseback and another in a family portrait. The certificate, signed by Winston Churchill, acknowledges his despatch mention from despatch by General E. H. H. Allenby.

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Glasgow City Archives, Glasgow (10/04/19)

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