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An teaghlach anns a' Chogadh Mhòr.

Date 21 June 1977
Track ID 61477
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1977.99.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1977.099

Summary

The family during the First World War.

Donald John was the youngest of the family. He was in France during the First World War at the age of eighteen. He was injured and was sent home. He served as a Seaforth in the 51st Highland Division. All the boys in the family served in that war yet none of them were lost. Donald John's arm was injured by shrapnel and Ewan got a flesh wound from a bullet. Ewan spent the entire four years of the war in the trenches.

Item Subject/Person

MacAskill, Donald John

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good