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Offline steve albin

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COMPLETED....WW1 War Diaries for 459 Battery have been found.Fantastic news.
« on: Monday 23 July 07 02:20 BST (UK) »
Dear Members,

The WW1 diaries for the 458 & 459 Battery are on the Canadian Archives site.
I will now read with great interest. It shows there were "63 reinforcements" on the 13th. May 1915 and my grandfather landed in Flanders on the  7th. May 1915.


Regards

Steve
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Re: WW1 War Diaries for 459 Battery have been found.Fantastic news.
« Reply #1 on: Monday 23 July 07 13:45 BST (UK) »
Hi Steve

That is just great news you finding the WW1 War Diaries for 458 and 459 Battery on the Canadian site.  It shows your perseverance has paid-off.

Any chance of giving us a link into it?

Anne  :D
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McDonald: Greig: Milne: Aberdeenshire
Moreland: Lanarkshire, Whitehaven in Cumbria and Ireland
Cunningham: Lanarkshire, Cumbria and Ireland
Halliday: Falkirk, Stirlingshire and Ireland
Redpath: Stirlingshire and Banbridge
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