An teaghlach anns a' Chogadh Mhòr.
Fieldworkers
Date
21 June 1977
Track ID
61477
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1977.99.A5
Original Tape ID
Summary
The family during the First World War.
Donald John was the youngest of the family. He was in France during the First World War at the age of eighteen. He was injured and was sent home. He served as a Seaforth in the 51st Highland Division. All the boys in the family served in that war yet none of them were lost. Donald John's arm was injured by shrapnel and Ewan got a flesh wound from a bullet. Ewan spent the entire four years of the war in the trenches.
Item Subject/Person
MacAskill, Donald John
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good