One small Success

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runepriest
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One small Success

Post by runepriest » Wed Nov 26, 2008 3:36 am

Hey all:

For the past 2 months or so, I have been trying to find out as much as I could about a great uncle, L/Sgt David Hampton, who died in the service of his country in 1918, two long months before the Armistice.

Today, I recieved a letter from the Canadian Department of Veteran Affairs informing me of the medals that he was awarded because of his service.

L/Sgt David Hampton is the recipient of the Military Medal, British War Medal, the Victory Medal, and the GRV Memorial Cross.

This is a victory for me [cheers]


Now, I have to try and track down any of his surviving family members to see if they have the medals [-o<


Just wanted to share. :)


Brian
Researching - Lawson, Black, Hampton, Bruce, Robbins, Brown, Hunt, Lester, Napier

Anne H
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Post by Anne H » Wed Nov 26, 2008 5:20 am

Hi Brian,

Wonderful news...congratulations on one more success!

Good luck with tracking down those surviving family members. :)

Regards,
Anne H

joette
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Post by joette » Wed Nov 26, 2008 4:02 pm

Great news so glad you got such positive news.
Hope your search for surviving members goes well.
Researching:SCOTT,Taylor,Young,VEITCH LINLEY,MIDLOTHIAN
WADDELL,ROSS,TORRANCE,GOVAN/DALMUIR/Clackmanannshire
CARR/LEITCH-Scotland,Ireland(County Donegal)
LINLEY/VEITCH-SASK.Canada
ALSO BROWN,MCKIMMIE,MCDOWALL,FRASER.
Greer/Grier,Jenkins/Jankins

Rach
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Post by Rach » Wed Nov 26, 2008 7:33 pm

That's great, Brian. It gives such a boost to our research when we get information like this from time to time.
Good luck.
Rae
Names of interest: Perthshire- Taylor, McDonald, McRaw, Gould; Caithness- Cormack, Campbell, Sutherland; Berwickshire- Darling, Johnson, Whitlie, Forrest/Forrester/Foster, Barns/Barnes,Buglass/Bookless; Wilson, Thorburn, Cowe, Laing, Rae, Colven, Collin,