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Preserved Edinburgh Society
CLAN DONALD GENEALOGY
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- 1922
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
3. | Lt Godfrey Evan Hugh MACDONALD, of Sleat (1.Louisa1) was born on 5 Mar 1879; died on 2 Nov 1914 in Ypres, West Flanders, Belgium. Notes:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record: In Memory of THE HON. GOFREY EVAN HUGH MACDONALD Lieutenant 1st Bn., Scots Guards who died on Monday, 2nd November 1914. Age 35. Additional Information: Son of 6th Baron Macdonald of Slate; husband of Helen Macdonald (nee Bankes), of Ostaig, Isle of Skye. Served in the South African Campaign. Commemorative Information Memorial: YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Panel 11 Location: Ypres (now Ieper) is a town in the Province of West Flanders. The Memorial is situated at the eastern side of the town on the road to Menin and Courtrai, and bears the names of men who were lost without trace during the defence of the Ypres Salient in the First World War.
Family/Spouse: Helen BANKES. Helen died on 7 Nov 1928. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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5. | Capt Ronald Ian MACDONALD, of Sleat (1.Louisa1) was born on 1 Oct 1884; died on 17 Oct 1918 in Tourlaville, Manche, France. Notes:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record: In Memory of The Hon. RONALD IAN MACDONALD
Captain 3rd Bn., Cameron Highlanders attd., General Staff who died on Thursday, 17th October 1918. Age 34. Additional Information: Legion of Honour. Son of 6th Baron Macdonald of Slate and Baroness Macdonald, of Armadale Castle, Isle of Skye; husband of the Hon. Mrs. R. I. Macdonald, of Frilsham Home Farm, Yattendon. Berks. Commemorative Information Cemetery: TOURLAVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY & EXTENSION, Manche, France Grave Reference/Panel Number: B. I. Location: Tourlaville is a village 5 kilometres east of Cherbourg, on the N.801 road to St. Pierre-Eglise and Barfleur. The Communal Cemetery is on the south-eastern side of the village some 364 metres south of the N.801 road. From Bayeux, turn right at the roundabout in Cherbourg. Pass the traffic lights and the cemetery will be found on the left at the top of the hill. The British plot is approximately 120 metres south of the entrance, on the west side of the path. Historical Information: The majority of the burials in the Communal Cemetery date from December, 1917, to January, 1919 when it was used by Allied Hospitals. Tourlaville was No.1 Rest Camp and Cherbourg became the Portuguese Base in 1919. There are now nearly 60, 1914-18 and over 10, 1939-45 war casualties commemorated in this site.
Family/Spouse: Helen Elizabeth Swinnerton DYER. Helen and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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Generation: 3
8. | Capt James Archibald MACDONALD, of Sleat (3.Godfrey2, 1.Louisa1) was born on 11 Dec 1911; died on 22 Oct 1942 in El Alamein, Egypt. Notes:
Commonwealth War Graves Commission Record: In Memory of JAMES ARCHIBALD MACDONALD Captain 47837 5th Bn., Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders who died on Thursday, 22nd October 1942. Age 30. Additional Information: Son of H. Godfrey Macdonald and of Helen Macdonald (nee Bankes). B.A. (Cantab.), LL.B. (Edinburgh); Advocate. Commemorative Information Memorial: ALAMEIN MEMORIAL, Egypt Grave Reference/ Panel Number: Column 69. Location: The Alamein Memorial forms the entrance to the El Alamein War Cemetery. Alamein is a village, bypassed by the main coast road, approximately 130 kilometres west of Alexandria on the road to Mersa Matruh. The first Commission road direction sign is located just beyond the Alamein police checkpoint and all cemetery visitors should turn off from the main road onto the parallel old coast road. The cemetery lies off the road beyond the ridge, and road direction signs are in place approximately 25 metres before the low metal gates and stone wing walls which are situated centrally at the road edge at the head of the access path into the cemetery. The Cross of Sacrifice feature may be seen from the road. Within the south-eastern part of the cemetery will be found the Alamein Cremation Memorial. Historical Information: The Alamein Memorial Land Forces panels commemorate the soldiers of the British Commonwealth and Empire who fell in the campaigns in Egypt and Libya, and in the operations of the Eighth Army in Tunisia up to 19th february 1943 - the date when it came under the command of General Eisenhower - and who have no known grave. It also commemorates those who served and fell in Syria and Lebanon, Iraq and Persia. The Alamein Memorial Air Forces panels commemorate the airmen of the Commonwealth who fell in the campaigns in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Greece, Crete and the Aegean, Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Somalilands, the Sudan, East Africa, Aden and Madagascar and who have no known grave. Those who served with the Rhodesian and South African Air Training Scheme and have no known grave are also honoured here. The Alamein Memorial commemorates nearly 12,000 Second World War casualties.
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Generation: 4
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