The eldest of 7 children, my great uncle Ewan was born on 30 December 1891 in Coull, Aberdeenshire to Farquhar and Isabella McRae. For reasons unknown, he served under an alias - John Campbell - and enlisted in London. The Commonwealth War Graves entry states that for John Campbell see McRae the true family name. He is mentioned in the book "With a Highland Regiment in Mesopotamia" as being one of four killed on 21 April 1917.
He is remembered with honour at Basra Memorial.
The photograph of him as a baby is the only one that we have of him.
