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Hi, just wondering if someone can help.  My Grandmother Martha McAllister (nee Cardle) always wore a WW1 British Campaign Medal but never told us too much about it.  I now have it in my possession and wondered if someone could tell me what the letters that are engraved on the rim might mean so I can trace this person and find out why my Nanna had their medal.  The medal is a silver 1914-1918 medal with George V on the front.  The engraving reads   4 W.O.CL.2   J. Watt  BORD.R.    My family were from Liverpool UK.  Does anyone know what the letters mean?  Thanks for any help offered.
Elaine

I know but the ancestry site is incorrect.  If you look at the actual census form on scotlandspeople.com you will see that Donald McGregor's age is in fact 70.  Someone has transcribed it incorrectly on the ancestry.com site.  I have notified them but didn't get any response back. Mistakes do happen, I know!

Thanks.....I will look for a death of Margaret McKinlay and see what I can find.  I have checked for any children but I can't find any.  If it is her, she would have been aged 40, so there may not be any.  When I look for deaths all I can often find is a name and that they died.  There never seems to be any further information.......how can I get past this?  Some of the death certificates i.e.- My Greatx3 Grandfather John McGregor (occupation the baker) had a full certificate, that is how I know that his parents were Donald McGregor (occupation millwright) and Margaret Adam. It also listed his wife Catherine Campbell which is correct.  But when the church record just has a name.....it is hard to know.   Would a full certificate exist somewhere and I am not looking in the correct place?  How would I access this?
Yes, Skoosh, I have asked before in regard to these people but had hoped there might be some more information out there.

Hi,  I have been stuck for some time (years actually) on this puzzle and just can't get past it and was wondering if anyone can help......here goes....
My Gx3 Grandfather was John McGregor (a baker) was born in Glasgow in 1802 to Donald McGregor (a wright) and Margaret Adam.  I know he definitely had a sister Margaret, born in 1804 also in Glasgow. I can't find any marriage between Donald McGregor and Margaret Adam at all.  I can however, find a Donald McGregor and Margaret Adam, living in Denny and I can find the births of the following children: Alexander 1799, William Adam 1806, Janet 1809, James 1811, Christian 1813 and Charles 1815.  Now as you can see, John and Margaret's births (although in Glasgow) would actually fit neatly between Alexander and William Adam. (in fact it seems odd that there is a gap between Alexander and William given that the rest of the children all are spaced every two to three years.  Are these people all one family???    I can find a Donald McGregor, age 70 (occupation Wright) in the 1841 census living with Margaret aged 30 in High St Denny. Could this be the daughter Margaret that was born in 1804 although the birth year is a bit out.  (Maybe she lied about her age if she was 'left on the shelf, so to speak  .  I can also find a marriage for Margaret McGregor (daughter of Donald McGregor) to John McKinlay (printer) in 1844 in Denny.   Am I just clutching at straws and trying to piece together a family that doesn't actually belong together     I would love to find out which area my McGregor family was originally from.  Any help with research to find the marriage certificate or death certificates of these people would be so greatly appreciated.