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Pte. Alexander Bunten McKellar
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Stewarton, Ayrshire
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.
