251111 Pte. David Duncan British Army 6th Battalion Highland Light Infantry from:Glasgow My family comes from Perth, but my great grandfather moved to Glasgow to work on the railways. They had one son David Duncan. His mother died in 1913 and his father in 1914. My grandfather joined the 6th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry. The brigade sailed from Devonport to Epypt and thence to Gallipoli. He was shot in the hand and thigh in the Battle of Achi Baba and was taken to hospital in Alexandria Egypt.
His brigade the sailed back to England where he transferred to the
Army Service Corps. He saw action in the Battle of Amiens where he
received a shrapnel wound in his head and shoulder. His war finished as a result.
He settled in Edinburgh, where he worked, he died in 1976.
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