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My Great-Grand Uncle Neil McDonald was demobilised from his First World War military service at the "No 1 Dispersal Unit Georgetown (Paisley)". He was a native of Springburn and a Royal Engineer attached to the 52nd Lowland Division.
I would like to know exactly where this dispersal centre was situated.
I am assuming it was located at Georgetown, Renfrewshire, in the vicinity of Dargavel Burn, West of Glasgow Airport?
I know that there was a munitions factory there in those days and I'm guessing the dispersal centre was set up in those buildings?
It's hard to imagine hundreds of soldiers there today as it is now mostly forested land surrounded by empty fields.
Any maps or photos of the site would be appreciated.
Gr-Gr-Gr Grandparents and relevant areas: MacDonald (Skye/Renfrewshire/Glasgow), Johnstone (Inverness/Ayr/Glasgow), MacPherson (Ross/Glasgow), Irvine (Ireland/Glasgow), Berrie (Dunkeld/Glasgow), Biggar (Paisley/Glasgow), Bradley (Ireland/Glasgow), McCorkindale (Argyll/Glasgow), Hardie (Ireland/Greenock), Scott (Greenock) , Kane (Ireland), Maguire (Ireland), McLarty (Argyll/Greenock), McLean (Argyll/Greenock), Petrie (Fife/Dundee/Greenock), Graham (Argyll/Greenock).
