Lives of the First World War

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ID: 5708781

Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 6295 - 41

Title: Canadian Attestation Papers

Description: At the time of their enrollment in the Canadian Expeditionary Force, Officer’s completed a Declaration Paper, volunteers a two sided Attestation Paper and conscripts a single sided Enlistment form. They each contain brief details about the individual. Images supplied by Libraries and Archives Canada. This source was connected by Imperial War Museums.

UPP: GBM/CAN-ATT/184894

Credit: © Libraries and Archives Canada

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ID: 7537768

Reference: CWGCCASUALIWM

Title: Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records

Description: The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) commemorate First World War servicemen and women and members of some civilian organisations who died before 31 August 1921 while in Commonwealth military service or of causes attributable to service.

Connected by: Imperial1

URL: http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1571993/
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UPP: GBM/CWGCCASUALIWM/814522

Additional: This record has been automatically matched to the Life Story by IWM, using rules based on name, rank, number, regiment and service.

Credit: © Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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ID: 9615025

Name: NRS 1901 census returns ref. 056/00 008/00 010

Title: 1901 census

Description: This census shows Donald with his parents and 6 siblings in Skullomie, Tongue. Before he left Scotland the spelling of Donald's surname was MUNRO. In various records the spelling of his home village varies from Skullomie to Scullomey and Scullomie.

Connected by: Joan19510

URL: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
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Additional: This family is known to us as the children were 1st cousins of my grandfather and Donald's sister johan married my great uncle.Johan was a guest at my wedding.

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ID: 9615056

Name: NRS 1911 census returns. Ref 056/00 008/00 005

Title: 1911 census

Description: This census shows that Donald was still in Scullomie with his parents and 3 of his siblings on 2nd April 1911. Donald was a fisherman.

Connected by: Joan19510

URL: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
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Additional: This family is known to us as the children were 1st cousins of my grandfather and Donald's sister johan married my great uncle.Johan was a guest at my wedding.

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ID: 9615086

Name: NRS Statutory Register of Births in 1891. Ref 056/ 42

Title: Donald Munro's birth record 1891

Description: This shows the details of Donald's birth on 20th November 1891. It also shows that his middle name was Mackay - his mother's maiden name.

Connected by: Joan19510

URL: https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
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Additional: This family is known to us as Donald was a 1st cousin of my grandfather and his sister Johan married my great uncle. Johan was a guest at my wedding.

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ID: 9615210

Title: Donald Munro

Description: This is Donald in uniform during WW1. He was in the 16th Bn., Canadian Infantry

Connected by: Joan19510

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ID: 9615238

Title: Donald Munro (full length photo)

Description: Donald is in uniform during WW1. He was in the 16th Battalion of the Canadian infantry.

Connected by: Joan19510

Additional: Donald was my grandfather's 1st cousin and his sister Johan married my great uncle.

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ID: 9625503

Title: Donald's address in cousin's 1916 diary

Description: This page of Donald's cousin Angus Mackay's 1916 diary shows Donald's address as:- "No 20423, Pte D Munro, 1 Coy 16th batt., Canadian Scottish, BEF, France"

Connected by: Joan19510

Additional: Angus Mackay was a 1st cousin of Donald. The family often wrote to each other as is seen in the diaries of Angus and his brother John (my grandfather).Donald's Army number has been mis-written as 20423. We know from other records that it was 420423.

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ID: 9632919

Name: Author:- Alasdair Sutherland. Publisher:- Woodend Publishing, Tongue IV27 4XW. Copyright:- 2000

Reference: I own a copy of the book

Title: Never More. The story of the Tongue, Melness & Skerray War memorials.

Description: Alasdair has included a biography of everyone named on the War memorials covered by the book. Donald Munro is included in this book.

Connected by: Joan19510

Additional: The details of Donald's family is known to us.His mother was my great grandmother's sister and his sister Johan married my great uncle and was a guest at my wedding in 1983.

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ID: 9639884

Name: Donald Monro 420423 16th Ban. Canadian Infantry

Title: Donald's entry on Commonwealth War Graves Commission website

Description: This entry shows Donald's parents Catherine and William Munro from Scullomie, Tongue, Scotland and that he is remembered on the Vimy Memorial. Donald's name is given as Donald MONRO.

Connected by: Joan19510

URL: https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1571993/monro,-donald/
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Additional: Military details, names and places are known to us. Donald was a cousin of my great grandfather who had mentioned him and his regimental number in his diaries.

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