Who Do You Think You Are?

BIG QUESTION

Can you tell me more about my great uncle’s life, and exactly how he died in the First World War?

KEN DAVIDSON wanted to know more about his great uncle John Davidson

Q My great uncle, John Davidson, was born at Craigcannochie Farm in South Ayrshire on 5 July 1885.

He went to university and later, in August 1915, enlisted as a private in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. He

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