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Telegram

Description

Telegram informing John Baillie that his brother Private Andrew F. Baillie, Royal Scots, 7th Battalion, has not yet been accounted for following the Gretna rail disaster, dated 23 May 1915

Museum reference

M.1995.148.1

Collection

Warfare and Defence

Object name

Telegram

Production information

Scotland, Northern Europe

Date

1915

Materials

Paper

Associations

British land forces: Royal Scots, 7th Battalion
Subject: Baillie, Andrew F., Private, 1915 (d.)
Recipient: Baillie, John, 1915 - 1918 (fl.)
World War I
Gretna Rail Disaster
Gretna, Dumfriesshire, Scotland, Northern Europe

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    Dumfries Museum
    Rozelle House Galleries
    Hawick Museum
    Low Parks Museum
    Grampian Transport Museum
    Inverness Museum and Art Gallery
    Swanson Gallery
    Perth Museum and Art Gallery
    Orkney Museum

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