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4th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry
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Pte. Alexander Bunten McKellar Machine Gun Corps Alexander McKellar enlisted on 27th March 1917 at the age of 18 years 1 month. Initially, he was in the 55th battalion reservists, then the 4th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry and then the Machine Gun Corps.
He was wounded by a gun shot in the right shoulder which penetrated the chest on 1st of October 1918 in Ypres. He was transferred to the field hospital where he was for 35 days until he was transferred to the 3rd Scottish General Hospital in Glasgow for 333 days before being discharged on 23rd October 1919.
He married after the war and had 2 children but he was unable to use his right arm. He underwent an operation at Hairmyres Hospital in 1946 to try and reverse some of the damage done but, unfortunately, he died on the operating table. He was 46 and left a widow and 2 small children aged 4 and 6 months old.
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Robert Arthur Stewart 4th Btn. Highland Light Infantry My great great grandfather, Robert Stewart served with the 4th Highland Light Infantry and he later went onto The Manchester Regiment. He died in 1920
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Pte. Charles Chowler 4th Btn. Highland Light Infantry My great grandfather, Charles Chowler, joined the Army 4th HLI 15th March 1915 he fought in WW1 and was injured in battle. He returned to London St Pancras to recover and was sent back to war as a medical attendant until he left the army in 5th Oct 1918.
He was sent to a hospital in Jersey where he worked as a gardener he lived in the hospital. His family in Northamptonshire believed him to have died. During the German occupation he is registered as living in the hospital. He died in the 1970's with his family never knowing of his existence.
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