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My Great Grandfather was in the military, and nobody in the family knows much about his service, besides perhaps he was an MP.
All we really have is his name, George McCreery (McCreary) and that he was Protestant Scots Irish from Northern Ireland (Co. Armagh) and he came to Canada sometime after my grandfather was born - he could have came anywhere between 1912 and 1920 for all we know, and he passed away in 1946 in Saskatchewan.His son, my grandfather came to Canada when he was 14 years old in search of his father, and I know from my family that he was not friendly with his father either, so there was little discussion between my grandfather & my dad & aunts about George McCreery. To add confusion, the last name was spelled McCreery by by Great Grandfather,and spelled McCreary by my grandfather.
I have looked in the CEF database online, and found a George Samuel McCreery, but I have no clue if it could be him - nobody knows my great grandfather's middle name, we are also unsure if he was here in Canada by WW1, and I've been lead astray looking at other records only to find that this is not my relative.
CEF Link
The only other clue we have is his photograph.
I've scoured online galleries of cap badges, and I haven't found one that I even think looks similar. I am sincerely stuck.
I was wondering if someone here could give me clues into what forces he was a part of and any other information you can help me with from his uniform. My great grandfather is more or less a mystery to my family, and I hope you can help.
Thanks
Nicole McCreary
All we really have is his name, George McCreery (McCreary) and that he was Protestant Scots Irish from Northern Ireland (Co. Armagh) and he came to Canada sometime after my grandfather was born - he could have came anywhere between 1912 and 1920 for all we know, and he passed away in 1946 in Saskatchewan.His son, my grandfather came to Canada when he was 14 years old in search of his father, and I know from my family that he was not friendly with his father either, so there was little discussion between my grandfather & my dad & aunts about George McCreery. To add confusion, the last name was spelled McCreery by by Great Grandfather,and spelled McCreary by my grandfather.
I have looked in the CEF database online, and found a George Samuel McCreery, but I have no clue if it could be him - nobody knows my great grandfather's middle name, we are also unsure if he was here in Canada by WW1, and I've been lead astray looking at other records only to find that this is not my relative.
CEF Link
The only other clue we have is his photograph.
I've scoured online galleries of cap badges, and I haven't found one that I even think looks similar. I am sincerely stuck.
I was wondering if someone here could give me clues into what forces he was a part of and any other information you can help me with from his uniform. My great grandfather is more or less a mystery to my family, and I hope you can help.
Thanks
Nicole McCreary