James h McCulloch 6th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers (12303)

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James was my great uncle. His medal card shows that he shipped out with the rest of the Battalion on 11th May 1915

 

He personally registered his father Duncan's death in Glasgow in March 1916; his address given then was Ripon South Camp. As I understand it this was in the process of becoming a rehabilitation centre for soldiers prior to returning to the Front; since he was reassigned to the 8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (S/15810) in June 1916 it looks as though he was recovering from wounds. He was finally discharged with shell shock in March 1918.

 

In the absence of any other documentation I'm only guessing the reason for his presence at Ripon in 1916, so if anyone can join some of the dots I would be very grateful.

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The original Medal Rolls (on Ancestry UK) show he first landed in France on 11 May 1915 with 6 RSF and later overseas with 1 Garrison Battalion of the Seaforth Highlanders. This unit went to Salonika in Aug 1916 and became a part of 228 Infantry Brigade of 28 Division which saw the war out in that theatre. Looking at the Medal Index Card shows demob (no date shown). If he was discharged to shellshock he would have been issued with a Silver War Badge, reference would be on the MIC also,which I can find no record of. I did find a James McCulloch of the Seaforths, his number 288002 , enlistment date 21.6.1915 and discharge to wounds on 4.3.1918, so doesn't tie in with the details you post.

You may want to see what two entries in Forces War Records  say , there is 1 entry for each service number. Sometimes there is an indication about wounds etc.

Edited 31 October , 2018 by sotonmate

[D J Brown]

On 31/10/2018 at 18:42, Andrew McCulloch said:

James was my great uncle. His medal card shows that he shipped out with the rest of the Battalion on 11th May 1915

 

He personally registered his father Duncan's death in Glasgow in March 1916; his address given then was Ripon South Camp. As I understand it this was in the process of becoming a rehabilitation centre for soldiers prior to returning to the Front; since he was reassigned to the 8th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders (S/15810) in June 1916 it looks as though he was recovering from wounds. He was finally discharged with shell shock in March 1918.

 

In the absence of any other documentation I'm only guessing the reason for his presence at Ripon in 1916, so if anyone can join some of the dots I would be very grateful.

 

Hi Andrew,

 

Unfortunately I’m not really any help in your original request but I’m from Ripon and have photos of Ripon Camp from the time if they are of interest? I’ll post them below if they are?