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George McLennan Wartime Records

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posted on 2024-06-05, 19:04 authored by Their Finest Hour Project Team

* The contributor has typed up all info in the document they brought in that has been digitized. *

Silver British War Medal 1939-1945 28 days Plus Services - Ribbon was made by King George the 5th.

1939-1945 Star military Campaign Medal for 180 days plus Services.

The Star Medal Ribbon was orange due to the Dutch flag.

George had lied about his age as he was a few months too young to join the army and had to get married officially so that if anything were to happen, his wife would then inherit.

He joined a Pipe Band after he joined the war.

He was in Aruba in the Caribbean with the Pipe Band doing 2 years' service guarding allied oil to ensure.

Nothing happened to it but just 2 weeks after they left, it was attacked.

He took being in the army in his stride and nothing was ever too much for him.

History

Item list and details

1. Entry of Birth 2. Army Certificate of Education Second Class 3. Army Certificate of Education Third Class 4. Certified Copy of Attestation 5. Medals (see story for full description) 6. Pipe Band photograph 7. Diary 8. Marriage Certificate 9. Death Certificate 10. Notes and stories of George McLennan's life

Person the story/items relate to

George McLennan

Person who shared the story/items

Sylvia MacLennan

Relationship between the subject of the story and its contributor

Grandfather

Type of submission

Shared at Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives, Caithness on 25 November 2023.

Record ID

98542 | NUC003