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Sgt. Robert Simon Bruce
British Army 9th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
(d.20th May 1917)
Robert Bruce's great great great grandfather, Robert Mackay, fought with the 93rd (Sutherland) Regiment of Foot at the Battle of New Orleans in January 1815. This regiment later became the "thin red line" of Crimea fame. He served with them from 1800 to 1823, and left them at the age of 49. He died in Clyne, Sutherland, Scotland in 1855.
Robert's nephew, Alexander McLaren, landed on D-Day at 0725 in a Sherman Flail tank of the Westminster Dragoons as part of the 79th Armoured Brigade and served until the end of WW2. He died in Glasgow, Scotland in 1965.
I am his great nephew and served in the Merchant Navy for 41 years, latterly as Captain.