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My Nanna died 5yrs ago and even though I knew she had brothers I know very very little about them or even the family in general. I know she grew up in Addiewell and I visted there once many years ago. I don't know the street they grew up in but I think they were originally from Tillicoultry, but that could be my memory playing tricks on me. my Nan Elizabeth Daniels nee Clarkson moved to King St, Edinburgh and for a short while courted a stoker 1st class named Leslie from HMS Hood until he went down with the ship fighting Bismark. She married a guy from British Hondures but it didn't last. Her brothers were James Clarkson, John Clarkson and Lewis Clarkson. I think they were at Addiewell or Uphill working for the shale/oil company before WW1 James was in The 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards service no 17542 and he won The Military Medal tho as yet I haven't found out for what! BUT he died of his wounds July 1916. Someone told me he was in Coldstream Guards also (confused) His brother John also in WW1 and was gassed - he was never the same, my nan said his skin changed Jaundiced colour and he laboured for breath the rest of his life, dying in 1943/6?. Lewis I know even less about I met him many yrs ago once in 1981. Anyone able to add to their story or fill in the gaps - Here is a photo of James I have tried to re-colour it may not be 100% accurete but hope it is a fitting tribute to the sacrifice that sooo many families both male and female from Scotland made during The World Wars regards Craig Semplis

To Torilar and all who have tried to assist in solving this mystery thankyou for your Scots kindness  not quite sure how to thankyou, but thanks for your interest I know its Colbron but don't know a thing about my Grandad's family it is a bit of a taboo subject -- aren't families strange!! I knew him only a little as we moved from Edinburgh when I was 2 and tho I saw him afew times he was never close as he had a stroke, so never heard about his family I will print these off and when I see my mum soon I will try to ask more, I know he worked at Leith Docks and think I was told once he was a freemason, I don't know why but I get the feeling something happened to him But to share a better side of his character when Rock Around The Clock came to Edinburgh  he took my mum 5 times to see it he liked Rock n Roll despite his age, it is almost like a part of him died. regards Craig

To Both Looby AND ev not sure how to thank you enough for ur replys. But BIG Thankyou to u both, thanks for ur interest I'm way south in Kent and only get home once a year if I'm lucky to stay with whats left of my family in Edinburgh. By chance do any of you know how I could find out about Grandads sibling (s) regards Craig

David Colbron was my Grandad on my mother's side (*) from Edinburgh. He was a quiet man some would say too quiet. He started going courting my granny Edith Colbron and she was smitten with him then for TEN YEARS he disappered no word no nothing until one night he just turned up on her door and they started going out as tho nothing had changed and as thou it had been merely a few days since last they saw each other. The family have no idea what happened to him or WHY? When he was younger he loved his music and we have a photo of him with The Evening Follies I've tried over the years but have reached a dead end about them he is on the left playing the guitar Hawaiian style even tho there must be other people with this photo and his other love was the sea and boats. He was in the Royal Navy during WW2 training at The Butlins camp at Skegness called HMS (ROYAL) Arthur (a Stone Frigate shore based) navel camp then was at Chatham but never was at sea due to his age. He had a stroke in later years and got into trouble with the courts I think for putting suger into cars. If anyone could help or solve this nagging mystery I would be most grateful as my mother now has the start of a sort of dementia so its important to me please help Scotland thankyou.

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