217823 Pte. John Sutherland British Army Royal Scots Fusiliers I do not know Pte. John Sutherland or his family. I do, however, have one of his medals inscribed with his other regiment - Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Service Number 19306. From his medal roll (available on Ancestry.co.uk) he served first with KOSB then Royal Scots Fusiliers - Service Number 62466. I have been unable to find his service record - presumably destroyed by German bombs during WW2.
I have no idea why the medal was in the same box as my grandfather's - John George Lawrence, Royal Field Artillery - Service Number 6665. My grandfather lived before and after WW1 in Edinburgh and I can only assume that John Sutherland was known to him. Why John Sutherland's medal came to be in his, my grandmother and mother's possession remains a mystery!
I have been unable to find any record of John Sutherland having died during WW1. Should any descendent ever read this I'd be happy to return the medal.
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