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Pte. James Samuel MacKintosh MM.
British Army 1st Battalion Queens Own Cameron Highlanders
from:Edinburgh, Scotland
James MacKintosh was my late wife, Joyce MacKintosh's Grandfather and the Great-grandfather of our three sons; James, Matthew and Joey DeGaeta. My wife's father, also named James MacKintosh, served with the British Army in China in 1945.The photo of Pte. James Samuel MacKintosh and three close friends from 1st Bn. The Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders, was taken at the end of the Great War. The Medals are the ones he is wearing in the photograph, they include the Military Medal. I believe James went on to be a Bobbie in London. My wife's aunt told her that when James passed away, three close friends who served with him in WWI (perhaps the same three in the photo) attended the funeral and told her how bravely he fought in a hand to hand battle with the Germans on a bridge - she claimed they told her that he was one of the reasons they held the bridge and that is where he earned the Military Medal. I am trying to find the citation, if anyone can help, I’d like to hear from them.
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