WW1 1914 STAR TRIO, 5th SCOTTISH RIFLES FROM GLASGOW, A DOCUMENTED WITNESS TO THE CHRISTMAS DAY TRUCE 1914

WW1 1914 Star trio
To- 6966.PTE.R.J.C.COWAN.5/SCO.RIF
Robert John Cameron from Glasgow was born 1884 & prior to enlisting he was employed as a newspaper clerk. He landed in France 5-11-1914 serving with the 5th TF battalion of the Scottish Rifles. He had a letter published in the Dundee evening telegraph 5-1-1915 in which he told of his experiences of the Christmas day truce 25-12-1914 when his company swapped bully beef for cigars & exchanged barrels of beer with the Germans. He went on to be wounded in France in April 1915. He however remained with his battalion for the duration of the war & was discharged at the wars end. He lived a long life & died in Birmingham in 1978 age 93.
NEF & Complete with MIC details. Along with other basic research details.

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