Documents relating to Private James Braid, Royal Highlanders

• Reference:GB 254 MS 106/1/1
• Dates of Creation:April 1914 - February 1917
• Name of Creator:
  James Braid
• Physical Description:
  104 items

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Private James (Jim) Braid of the Royal Highlanders had enlisted before the outbreak of war. His early letters home to his family in Kirkcaldy show that he was thinking about buying himself out, but after a few months, he settled into Army life. The correspondence of letters and Field Service postcards covers his time spent training in Aldershot and in Ross-shire and describe life in France and at the Front. Jim was killed in action 25 September, 1915 on the first day of the Battle of Loos.

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• Note

  Private James (Jim) Braid of the Royal Highlanders had enlisted before the outbreak of war. His early letters home to his family in Kirkcaldy show that he was thinking about buying himself out, but after a few months, he settled into Army life. The correspondence of letters and Field Service postcards covers his time spent training in Aldershot and in Ross-shire and describe life in France and at the Front. Jim was killed in action 25 September, 1915 on the first day of the Battle of Loos.

• Archivist's Note

  Description compiled by Keren Guthrie July 2010

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