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Pte Hugh Armstrong
British Army 21st Lowland Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Busby, Scotland
Hugh Armstrong served in WWI with the 21st Lowland Field Ambulance.
After the war, he moved his wife, Isabella (McNab) and family to Ottawa, Canada where he served as a gardener to the Governor General of Canada and the Prime Minister of Canada (Mackenzie King). He was instrumental in the development of the Prime Minister's private estate in the Gatineau Hills which was gifted to Canada and is now a popular tourist site for its gardens, trails, and the historic house and cottage. He is cited many times in the diary of Prime Minister Mackenzie King for his gift of poetry and gentle counsel and friendship to the PM.