An Isle of Mull resident's, 51st Highland Division 'Battle of Arras' Great War 'Killed-in-Action' medal pair: Private Duncan McInnes, 'C Coy' 6th (Perthshire) Bn Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) Territorial Force, late Scottish Horse

- British War Medal. Silver issue (7470 Pte. D. McInnes. R. Highrs.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (7470 Pte. D. McInnes. R. Highrs.)

Important: Private Donald McInnes, is confirmed 'Killed-in-Action' in France, 23 April 1917, while serving under higher formation, 51st Highland Division, during the Battle of Arras

Note: Both medals verified as the recipients full medal entitlement for the Great War per the respective campaign medal roll of the Black Watch (ref WO 329/1357) hat was compiled and signed at Perth, Scotland, on, 18 January 1921.

Duncan McInnes, son of Neil McInnes (a Granite Quarryman) & Margaret McInnes, was a native of the island parish of, Kilfinichen and Kilvickeon, Isle of Mull, Argyllshire, Scotland, where he was born in circa 1895. At the time of the compilation of the 1901 National Census for Scotland, Duncan is recorded as living with his parents and siblings at, Fionnphort, Isle of Mull. In 1901, Duncan's siblings comprised; 3 x brothers, vis; Archibald, Neil and John; and sister Maggie. Duncan McInnes is recorded as having served in the Scottish Horse (holding regimental number 5347) in the United Kingdom prior to transferring to the Black Watch, where he firstly served with 4/5th Battalion Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) with which unit he held regimental number '7470' before being posted to 6th (Perthshire) Battalion Black Watch (in which he initially held regimental number '6520' ), and with which latter unit he was serving, when he first entered theatre of war 'France'. Duncan McInnes - who had only been renumbered '268291' in March 1917 - was serving in 'C Company' Black Watch under higher formation, 51st Highland Division, when he was reported 'Killed-in-Action' on 23 April 1917, during the Battle of Arras

Duncan's body was never recovered form the battlefield. However, his supreme sacrifice is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission where his name and service details are inscribed on a panel of the Arras Memorial, in Arras, France. The Arras Memorial commemorates almost 35,000 servicemen from the United Kingdom, South Africa and New Zealand who died in the Arras sector between the spring of 1916 and 7 August 1918, the eve of the Advance to Victory, and have no known grave. The most conspicuous events of this period were the Arras offensive of April-May 1917, and the German attack in the spring of 1918

At home, on the tranquil Isle of Mull, Duncan's name and service details are inscribed on the, Creich War Memorial located on the Isle of Mull. The Creich War Memorial commemorates the fallen of both world wars (14 in Great War & 1 in WW2, together with a single soldier killed in Afghanistan, 2009. Of the 14 islanders killed in the Great War, 10 served with Naval Forces or the Mercantile Marine, and 4 with the Army, of which latter 2 x had served with different battalions of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, and the others including Duncan McInnes (268291) and James Cameron (267988), had both formerly served in the Scottish Horse, and both had latterly served in the 6/Black Watch - both dying in France, on different dates in April 1917

Sold together with some hard copy photocopied research

Condition: About EF

Code: 20960