Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameCaptain Angus Hugh Macdonald MC °
Birth?
Deathabt 1955
ResidenceCupar, Fife, Scotland
OccupationSolicitor and partner with Mr. MacLachlan, in Tobermory, Isle of Mull, Scotland.
Note 1Military Cross (as Lieutenant). Mentioned in Dispatches 1914-1918. Served in the Mountain Artillery Brigade, 4th Highland Mountain Brigade (see The Scotsman and Campbeltown Courier).
Note 2Prior to WWl he held the posts: Town-Clerk, Treasurer and Collector of Rates for the Burgh of Tobermory, Clerk to the Justices of the Peace, Clerk and Treasurer to Salen School Board, and Clerk to the Old Age Pensions Committee.
Note 3Served as Brigade Orderly Officer at both Gallipoli landings in the Dardanelles, then in Egypt and in Salonika. Wounded at Souvla Bay, 11 Oct 1915. Rejoined the Brigade 26 Dec 1915 in Egypt 26 Dec 1915 in Egypt, AMB/4th HMB.
Note 4The 4th Highland Brigade provided the first guns ashore in the Gallipoli campaign in both the initial landings on 25 April 1915 and the subsequent landings at Suvla Bay on 6-7 August 1915.
Marriage15 Nov 1919, Aberdeen, Scotland
SpouseGladys Mitchell (Thomas) Croil °, 5G Granddaughter
Birth20 Jan 1888, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Deathabt 1974
ResidenceCupar, Fife, Scotland
OccupationArtist
EducationThe Slade, London. Beaux Arts, Paris
Note 1From 1916 she was a VAD serving in Malta and Salonika. Did she in fact meet her future husband when they were both serving in Salonika?
Note 2Left Montreal aged 18 and lived with Granny Mitchell at Cults (on the outskirts of Aberdeen) while studying art at Aberdeen. Went to the Slade School of Art in London and then on to France (Beaux Arts, Paris) and Italy on a travelling scholarship.
Flags***, Croil, Dickson, Mitchell, Shives/Chivas
FatherThomas (Thomas) Croil (1865-1942)
MotherChristian Chivas (George) Mitchell (1866-1951)
Children
1 FCommander Mary Croil (Angus) Macdonald °, 6G Granddaughter
Birth26 Feb 1922
Death15 Nov 1987
MemoCancer
SpouseSurgeon Rear Admiral A. Edward 'Ted' Cadman CB ° (?-?)
Marriage1975
2 FChristian Croil 'Kirsty' (Angus) Macdonald °, 6G Granddaughter
Birth8 Jun 1927
SpouseSydney Brewer ° (?-)
ChildrenAlison (Sydney) (~1965-)
John (Sydney) (?-)