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Many thanks for all the replies. I will keep trying some of the suggestions made. After my father was killed, my mother married again and we lost touch with my father's sisters, one of whose married name was Kennedy. I have not mentioned my father's name, it was David Jamieson and they lived in 35 H...

My father enlisted in the Argylls in 1908 when he was 19. But he enlisted under ALEXANDER TAIT which was not his correct name. The army sent a form for Alexander Tait's employers, Wm. Cotterill at 100 Elliott Street, Glasgow for a reference. Cotterills duly filled the form in and gave Tait a good re...