It seems quite a while since David and I returned from our wonderful holiday in UK. We settled back into the daily stuff eventually after the usual post holiday blues (me). Christmas is just around the corner and I had promised myself that I would add to my blog regularly with updates. So here we go.
Since getting back home my garden has been completed, thank you Darrin, I am trying to decide the theme of the garden as I have nothing planted.
A few things have been completed around the house which is good and I have returned to my family history!!
I didn't manage to do what I had planned in Scotland, time passed by so quickly, the weather was so good that on our "free" day we headed up into the hills ( See previous blog entry in September) so that David could enjoy the beautiful Scottish scenery. I am sure that another trip will be made at some stage so that I can have a look at places, churches and graveyards.
I probably won't find my grandfathers war record as I think it is one of the "burnt records", however I have managed to add some more details to his war experiences. I was sure that I had found his war medals record on an index card in ancestry.com and I knew that he had been a prisoner of war in Germany, so from the Black Watch site I followed links to the International RedCross site and found an archive of POW's of WW1. I found the record of David Donald Davidson. David was reported missing on 21st March 1918. There was his record no., the prisoner number and minor details of his imprisonment. He was captured on 21st March 1918 at Beugny, he was unwounded and arrived from the West front at Parchim. His family were notified on 6th August 1918 and he was repatriated on in November 1918 arriving ion Calais on 24th November 1918. he was recorded as pte 268107 1/6th Black watch "B" Coy Royal Highlanders. His birth date was incorrect, however there is no doubt that it was him as it was Aunt Mary that reported him missing so all details add up.
Looking on the internet there was a massive battle at Beugny on the 21st March 1918, how fortunate to have survived, many didn't. I have still to read about Parchim. More next time
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