Uniform help again please James Robertson Gibson born Jedburgh 1895.

[MaxD]

While he may of course have transferred later, this man was a member of the Royal Canadian Artillery (that's what the CFA means - Canadian Field Artillery) and his collar dogs would have been as pictured.

He doesn't come up in the Canadian Archives list of CEF soldiers at first search which is strange. I'll have a go at the Canadian CEF site again.

maxD

[moo]

I should have said I found it on Forces War Records, I also checked briefly for males of the right age leaving Scotland for Canada before the out break of the War and found 6  , none of which I can match up.

Regards
Moo

[jess5athome]

Are we sure he survived the war?

Frank.

[moo]

Yes , I'm sure I have a copy of his marriage certificate dated 1927 Jedburgh to a Jessie Knox Turnball
witnessed by his step-father Thomas Middlemist and Step Sister Mary Ann Middlemist.

Regards
Moo

ps
Just found the Jedburgh war memorial lists a James Robertson (no Gibson on the end) Canadians and a William Middlemist Canadians. At the moment I can't place the William Middlemist in my family tree.

[MaxD]

You said you'd seen the spelling Middlemass.  Does William Middlemass born about 1887 son of Thomas Middlemass, brother of a Mrs King, mean anything?

maxD

[moo]

Sorry No MaxD

The mixed spellings all seem to be before 1881 or abroad (not UK), but I will dig out my file and have a look through.

Regards
Moo

[mmm45]

http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1571836/MIDDLEMIS,%20WILLIAM%20SELBY

This is the lad on Jedburgh WM.

Ady

[moo]

Thank you Ady, I shall certainly look into that 

Regards
Moo

[moo]

Scotlands  GRO gives William Selby Middlemass - born Jedburgh 1886

Yet the Jedburgh plaque states Middlemist

The Cwgc gives Middlemis son of Thomas and Elizabeth Middlemis

I'm still looking to see if I am a Thomas missing from the tree, because if I am then it's possible the picture could have been of cousins, and it's not her step brother James Robertson Gibson.

Regards
Moo