Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Private C. A. G. McLaren, Royal Scots, who was captured and taken Prisoner of War at Cambrai in March 1918
British War and Victory Medals (41839 Pte. C. A. G. McLaren. R. Scots.) very fine

Pair: Private G. McLaren, Royal Scots
British War and Victory Medals (48682 Pte. G. McLaren. R. Scots.) very fine

Pair: Private H. McLaren, Royal Scots Fusiliers
British War and Victory Medals (30125 Pte. H. McLaren. R. S. Fus.) very fine

Pair: Private D. McLaren, Seaforth Highlanders
British War and Victory Medals (S-255156 Pte. D. McLaren. Seaforth.) very fine

British War Medal 1914-20 (45651 Sjt. W. McLaren. R.E.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (4811 Cpl. J. McLaren. H.L.I.) some staining, generally very fine (10) £100-£140

Charles Alexander Gemmel McLaren, from Ferniegair, Hamilton, was born on 25 August 1898. He attested into the Royal Scots on 14 May 1917 and served on the Western Front with the 11th Battalion, where he was taken Prisoner of War at Cambrai on 23 March 1918 and interred in Czersk Camp, Poland. Repatriated in December 1918, he was discharged on 4 March 1919.

Hugh McLaren attested into the Royal Scots Fusiliers for service during the Great War on 11 December 1915 and saw later service with the Labour Corps and the South Lancashire Regiment. He was discharged on 1 July 1919 and awarded a Silver War Badge, No. B279926.

William McLaren attested into the Royal Engineers for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 21 July 1915. Advanced Sergeant, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal in 1918 (London Gazette 21 October 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty as an expert linesman. His energy, intrepidity and endurance have been invaluable in the establishment and maintenance of communications. During engagements his resourcefulness has saved some difficult situations and his example of tireless devotion to duty has been splendid’.)

John McLaren was born in Killin, Perthshire, in 1888. He attested into the Highland Light Infantry for service during the Great War, and served on the Western Front with the 9th Battalion, from June 1916. At Guillemont, on 3 November, he was mentioned in his Battalion war diary as one of nine men who entered no man’s land at night time to recover the body of their commanding officer and some wounded men. On 17 August 1918, he was wounded by a shell and died three days later on 20 August 1918. He is buried in Nine Elms Cemetery, Belgium.

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