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Frank, you might want to try looking up surnames from your family in the National Archives of Canada. They have now completed digitalizing all the attestation papers from WW1. http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/d...2-100.01-e.php I found all my great grandfather's, his brothers and many of the cousins's records. The papers lay out their NOK, where they joined from , some personal details like weight and height, colour of hair, education etc and their home addresses. Gold mine of info for those doing family research. You can also search the Commonwealth War Graves site for fallen family members. The site will tell you where they fell, where they are buried and in some cases, a photo of the grave or monument. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead.aspx These names will include those fallen from all commonwealth countries - UK, Aus, Canada etc. In that list and record, it will include DOB, regt and rank and service number. From there, you can request their records from DND/MoD.
Thanks for those links, but I do not have any direct ancestors that fought in WWI, at least in Canada. My paternal grandmother, a Campbell, had only sisters, and her dad died young in a logging accident. These kilted relatives would have been related somehow through my paternal grandmother's father, or her Wallace mother. My ancestry records do not go "sideways" even to 1st cousins, who I assume these kilted gentlemen were, if not 2nd cousins or just related to friends of the family. Unfortunately, at this point, there is no one I can ask. All my aunts and uncles are gone, and the Campbell side of my family history is poorly populated if only because my paternal grandmother only had sisters. I'm scanning hundreds of old pictures and documents I inherited from my dad (who was the only son of his family) in preparation for a family history I hope to finish within the year I hope to give each of my 3 boys as comprehensive a history as I can. Also, probably after the 1st of the new year, I believe the wee lass and I will do the DNA thing that ancestry.com offers. I know I have a lot of Scot heritage, and hope this testing will tell me just how much. Cheers! Frank