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Piper Peter Gordon McLintock

British Army 2nd Btn. Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders

from:Glasgow

(d.2nd Mar 1915)

Peter McLintock was born in Glasgow on 17th May 1896. He went to school at Mossbank Industrial School, Glasgow. He enlisted on 3rd October 1911 at the age of 15 as a "boy". At the age of 18 he became a Private and on 6th July 1914 was appointed a Piper. He died on 2nd March 1915 and is buried at Ration Farm Military Cemetery, La Chapell-D'Armentieres. He was awarded 1914 Star, Victory Medal and British Medal. This information has been found in British Army WWI Service Records on the Ancestry website.

Graham Seton Hutchison wrote "A Batmans Biography" which is about Peter McLintock. According to the story, Peter McLintock was batman to Graham Seton Hutchison. The story says Peter was an orphan, in reality, he lost his mother in 1903, but his father lived until 1931. An extract of the story appeared in the Western Mail (Perth) on 12th of October 1933.



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