A 'Bradford Man's' Great War campaign medal pair: Private John James McGregor, Gordon Highlanders attached to 1/14 London Regiment (London Scottish) A 'Bradford Man's' Great War campaign medal pair: Private John James McGregor, Gordon Highlanders attached to 1/14 London Regiment (London Scottish) A 'Bradford Man's' Great War campaign medal pair: Private John James McGregor, Gordon Highlanders attached to 1/14 London Regiment (London Scottish)

A 'Bradford Man's' Great War campaign medal pair: Private John James McGregor, Gordon Highlanders attached to 1/14 London Regiment (London Scottish)

- British War Medal. Silver issue (S-41823 Pte. J. J. McGregor. Gordons.)
- Interallied Victory Medal (S-41823 Pte. J. J. McGregor. Gordons.)

Medal verification: The Great War campaign medals verified as the recipients full medal entitlement for the Great War per the respective campaign medal roll of the Gordon Highlanders (ref WO 329/1659) that was compiled and signed at, Perth, Scotland, on, 28 December 1920 July 1921

John also received a Silver War Badge, numbered B178367 (ref WO 329/3067). The SWB roll showing that he had enlisted in the British Army on, 26 January 1917, and taken his discharge on, 7 March 1919. At the time of taking his discharge, his age was shown as 20 years & 2 months

Note: In 1916 the 14th London Regiment (London Scottish) of the Territorial Force was re-designated as a Territorial Battalion of The Gordon Highlanders without change of title

John James McGregor son of Andrew McGregor (a Baker & Confectioner) & Margaret McGregor, was a native of Leeds, Yorkshire, England, where he was born on 15 March 1899. The 1901 National Census for England & Wales records John, residing in, West Leeds, however, by the time of the 1911 Census, the family, comprising John his parents & 2 x sibling sisters, are recorded residing at, 30 Swinton Place Great Horton, Bradford, Yorkshire, which appears to have become 'home-town' for John. After service in the British Army (1917-1919), during the Great War, in which he served overseas in France, with the 14th London Regiment - the 'London Scottish' (a Territorial Force battalion of the Gordon Highlanders), he returned home to Bradford, where, on, 3 September 1924, he married, Ellen Paley, at which time he was described as a 'Wool Clerk'. John was still employed in the textile industry in 1939, in which year he is recorded residing with his wife and their son, Alan J. McGregor, located at, 8 Augustines Terrace, Bradford, Yorkshire, and described as a 'Wool Merchant Clerk'. John James McGregor is recorded as having died at, Bradford, sometime during the first quarter of 1989

Sold together with some hard-copy research

Condition: VF

Code: 22015