John Brownlie (photographs; postcards)

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Title

John Brownlie (photographs; postcards)

Who?

My Grandfather, John Brownlie.

Item(s)

Photographs and postcards

Story

John Brownie enlisted into the Black Watch in 1916 from his home in Glasgow. He had been a ploughman but had moved to the city looking for work as he had at that time a wife and 3 children to support. Due to no work he felt he should serve his country. He spent 2 years in France with the 51st Battalion and received a leg injury in 1918. From his hospital bed in 1918 he sent a loving Christmas card home to Glasgow for his wife and young children. He fully recovered and returned to Glasgow and lived a long live and fathered a further 5 children.

When?

1916 -1918

Where?

France and Glasgow

Contributor

Sheila Scott, grand daughter of John Brownlie

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