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Neil MacGregor, WW1
« on: Sunday 03 June 18 13:00 BST (UK) »
Hello,

Someone found for me WW1 Attestation Papers for Neil MacGregor. It gives his birth date as the 4th of February 1884 in Dingwall, Scotland.
His religion is Presbyterian and his next of kin is his father Simon MacGregor.
He entered at Medicine Hat, Alberta on the 27th of November 1917, aged 34. Can anyone find any service records for Neil, or for that matter what became of him after the war (presuming he survived).

Thanks,

Adam
Lipman family of Aldgate - ends with Lewis Lipman (d. 1871, Bethnal Green), son of John Lipman 'late of Glasgow' (1856)
McGregor family of Fodderty - ends with Alexander McGregor (b. 1765, Fodderty), son of Murdoch McGregor and Kate Stewart

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Re: Neil MacGregor, WW1
« Reply #1 on: Sunday 03 June 18 13:28 BST (UK) »
Hi did you not check www.findagrave.com as I mentioned you will see that he died 28 July 1971

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Re: Neil MacGregor, WW1
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 03 June 18 13:43 BST (UK) »
Link to another thread with background info.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=794498.0

Hi
Here is the link to the canadian attestation papers - 24 pages

https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/personnel-records/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=149419

This second link is the full pdf file showing his service history - slow to download but very worth while

http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?op=pdf&app=CEF&id=B6864-S033

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Re: Neil MacGregor, WW1
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 03 June 18 13:46 BST (UK) »
His army records don't give you much more than I have already mentioned
Neil Macgregor 1st Depot Battalion A R Calgary
Regiment number 3214714
He was discharged 6/12/1918 {reduction of forces )
Address at discharge Schuler Alta Alberta

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Re: Neil MacGregor, WW1
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 03 June 18 13:49 BST (UK) »
His army records don't give you much more than I have already mentioned
Neil Macgregor 1st Depot Battalion A R Calgary
Regiment number 3214714
He was discharged 6/12/1918 {reduction of forces )
Address at discharge Schuler Alta Alberta

Rosie

Its the full military file Rosie - 24 pages of information - including medical records

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Re: Neil MacGregor, WW1
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 03 June 18 13:51 BST (UK) »
Hi did you not check www.findagrave.com as I mentioned you will see that he died 28 July 1971

Rosie

Here is the link to the find a grave memorial -

Neil Scotty MacGregor.
   
Burial - Hillside Cemetery
Medicine Hat, Medicine Hat Census Division, Alberta, Canada
PLOT   Section B, block 125E, 3-4.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101580758

and for Simon MacGregor

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101580576

Hector MacGregor

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101581031/hector-macgregor

Maggie MacPhail MacGregor

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101580472/margaret-macgregor



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Re: Neil MacGregor, WW1
« Reply #6 on: Sunday 03 June 18 13:56 BST (UK) »
1921 Royal Hotel Medicine Hat.

Frederick Hobson   37
John M Bain   38
Neill McGregor   37 born Scotland. Taxi driver. Lodger
James Sammond   45
William Cummings   53
Jane Cummings   47
William Best   40
Walter Bain   40
George Lightburn   44
Charles Lamont   53

http://central.bac-lac.gc.ca/.item/?app=Census1921&op=img&id=e002863162

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Re: Neil MacGregor, WW1
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 03 June 18 14:06 BST (UK) »
His army records don't give you much more than I have already mentioned
Neil Macgregor 1st Depot Battalion A R Calgary
Regiment number 3214714
He was discharged 6/12/1918 {reduction of forces )
Address at discharge Schuler Alta Alberta

Rosie

Its the full military file Rosie - 24 pages of information - including medical records

Sandra

Most of the pages are upside down on Ancestry Sandra so he will be able to view from the link that you attached ... :)

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Re: Neil MacGregor, WW1
« Reply #8 on: Sunday 03 June 18 14:10 BST (UK) »
Thanks for all of that information! That's very helpful.
Lipman family of Aldgate - ends with Lewis Lipman (d. 1871, Bethnal Green), son of John Lipman 'late of Glasgow' (1856)
McGregor family of Fodderty - ends with Alexander McGregor (b. 1765, Fodderty), son of Murdoch McGregor and Kate Stewart