service look up please COMPLETED

[aligator1234]

Can anyone help me pleaseeeeee?

My Grandfather James Maclean was in the RAMC., but have been told he was on board S.S. Manchester when it was torpedoed in WW1.

I was also told that sometimes people in different forces were lent out to others for whatever reasons.

I know he was backwards and forwards from Liverpool to Canada and this is when the ship went down.

I only have on his death certificate "Army Disability Pensioner". I have no service number as I can't find any war records for him, as his was probably among those that got burnt during WW2 in London.

Any help I would appreciate I have been trying to many years.

Thanks.

Faith

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hi faith .can you be a bit more specific.dates of death and possible year of birth area in which he was born etc.the more info the better thanks .sue.

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possibly found his pension records on ancestry.if it is the right one his service number was 116236.there is alot of details regarding his service within these records.need to know where he was from etc first to clarify

[aligator1234]

Hi thanks for getting back to me.

James Maclean born July 1877 to Alexander Maclean and Elizabeth Black. Born in Nairn in Scotland.

He led a double life I am sure of it as I have him on a Census working in Edinburgh as a Solicitor and then told he was in the RAMC.,

His ship went down in the Atlantic I know that for sure as he was found literally floating in the water nearly dead.

I have a faded newsdpaper copy of him and he looked quite tall. He also suffered shell shock quite badly my Mum tells me.

He was one of 11 children.

This is all that I know personally about him, although I did find him on a ships passanger list in 1912 heading to Innisfail.

Thanks very much for your help.

Faith