I am looking for information on my grandfather James Maclean who came to Montreal in September 1912. He was aged 35 and a Solicitor. The ship he came in on was called SS Cassandra. I was told he was in WW1, and possibly RAMC. I am not certain if he left Canada to return to England or what. I am certain also that he had family already there. Thanks - Faith

Hi Faith, Ordinarily I would suggest that you try the site that gives the Canadian Expeditionary Forces attestation papers. It seems to be down at the moment as I just tried it but you might give it a try yourself www.collectionscanada.ca plus there is always the Commonwealth Graves site at www.cwgc.org Of course your grandfather may have returned to the UK to join up. My grandfather who had emigrated from Wales in 1910 had earlier in his life served with the Irish Guards. In 1914 he returned and served with the Irish Guards until he was discharged in 1915 on medical grounds. Do you have any photos of your grandfather in uniform that might help you identify his battalion or unit or?? I'm not an expert at military matters. Also available on www.collectionscanada.ca when the site is working properly are some passenger lists free to view and print out. It's a job finding a person though if you don't have any idea of what ship they might have arrived on but lucky you you have the name of the ship and the year which narrows it down immensley. Do you have any idea of which province in Canada he came to? Both B. C. and Manitoba have vital statistics on line so you'd have access to those also if he was in either of these provinces. I seem to be going on and on so will leave it at that. Please let me know if you think I might be able to help somehow. Eleanor B. C. CAnada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Faith Batson" <Faith45@batsonc.freeserve.co.uk> To: <GREATWAR@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 3:06 PM Subject: [GREATWAR] James Maclean I am looking for information on my grandfather James Maclean who came to Montreal in September 1912. He was aged 35 and a Solicitor. The ship he came in on was called SS Cassandra. I was told he was in WW1, and possibly RAMC. I am not certain if he left Canada to return to England or what. I am certain also that he had family already there. Thanks - Faith ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GREATWAR-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.7.4/811 - Release Date: 5/18/2007 3:50 PM