209049 Sgt. Allan Stewart Warren Crawford British Army Seaforth Highlanders from:Goven. My grandfather, Allan Stewart Warren Crawford, born 28th November 1908 at 34 McLellan Street, Govan. We know he served with the Seaforth Highlanders and trained around the Strathpeffer area, possibly based at Fort George, and saw action in the Middle East or Palestine, during WW2. We also know he was a machine gunner, a boxer and attained the rank of Sergeant. He died of natural causes in Glasgow in 1997 and received a pension for his hearing loss (machine gun) in 1993.
What we don't know is his service number, what unit within the Seaforth's he served in and where this unit saw active service. An absolute bonus would be to find out if he received any commendations during his service time or if there was any photos of him or group photos of his unit before or during the war years. I'm conscious I could be at the beginning of a fairly lengthy period of searching but would love to have this info in time for my father's 70th birthday in October, to tell him about his father's war service and present him with some period momentos of the Regiment which I'm currently searching for, Glengarry's etc.
All help or assistance will be very much appreciated by all our family.
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