An 'Isle of Whithorn' Jock's 1914 Star Great War medal group of 3: Private Duncan McDougall, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders late 3rd (Special Reserve) Battalion Gordon Highlanders

- 1914 Star. No clasp (3-6992 Pte. D. McDougall, 1/Gord. Highrs.)
- British War Medal. Silver issue (3-6692 Pte. D. McDougall, Gordons)
- Interallied Victory Medal (3-6692 Pte. D. McDougall, Gordons)

Medals Verification: The Great War campaign medals all confirmed as entitled per the respective medal rolls of the Gordon Highlanders, as under:

- 1914 Star: No clasp: Reference WO 329/2475 (entered theatre of war 'France' 11 November 1914)
- British War Medal. Silver issue: Reference WO 329/1654
- Interallied Victory Medal: Reference WO 329/1654

Duncan McDougall, sixth son of Allan McDougall (Mate / Sea Mariner Coastal Trade) and Elizabeth McDougall (nee McDonald) was a native of the Isle of Whithorn, Wigtownshire, where he was born on, 28 January 1870. By the time of the 1891 National Census for England, the family had relocated to, Walton, West Darby, Lancashire,a district of the great port city of Liverpool, from where the father continued to ply his trade as a 'Mariner'. In 1891, the family occupants comprised the parents, 4 x sons, vis Allan, Duncan, Charles & Duncan, together with a daughter, Margaret. In 1911, Duncan (described as a Joiner), was living with his widowed mother, his elder brother Allan, and a niece, Grace Campbell, at their residence at, By In 1891, the family comprising the parents, and children, were residing at, 36 Esmond Street, Anfield, Liverpool

At the advanced age of 44, 'Special Reservist' - and British Patriot - Duncan McDougall, enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders on 11 September 1914, and subsequently went out to France as a reinforcement for the 1st Battalion. Duncan's extant Medal Index Card records that he first entered theatre of War 'France' on 8 November 1914 - less than two months after 'enlisting. He was later discharged / invalided out of the British Army on 12 June 1915, and issued a Silver War Badge. His unique SWB numbered '50232' is confirmed as being issued to him per the respective SWB Roll that was signed on 18 October 1916, wherein under causes for discharge it states 'Sickness'. After taking his discharge Duncan McDougall returned to Liverpool, and is recorded as having died there on, 19 November 1923

Condition: GVF

Code: 23442