214082 John "Jock" Milligan British Army Highland Light Infantry from:Hillside Street, Atevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland My grandad, John Milligan, served with the Highland Light Infantry. He joined when he was only 16. He also wore the kilt we do have a photo of him which I will try and get a hold of. When he died my grandmother was supposed to have thrown a lot of his stuff out, sadly! My dad, told me he never talked much about his war days so sadly we don't know that much about his war years. I keep trying tiredly, to get something.
He enlisted at Dreghorn, Ayrshire supposedly in 1914-15. There is a story he was running over the trenches, and kept running, and fell a few times. One time his friend running alongside him, got injured and died, and he said after that he didn't make many friends after that, because it hurt too much, so when he ran he just kept going, didn't look sideways or back, just kept running. He came upon a small church which had been left in ruins, and found a small cross with Jesus on it. We still have that till this day, it sits in my dad's room, as he is in care now with dementia, but can still tell you it belonged to auld Jock who found it in a church in Belgium. If it's true, which we all believe is it must be over 100 years old. He lived till the ripe old age of 84, bless him! We are all so proud of him. I will continue to search and find out all I can about him.
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