John Minnery MC, DCM, MM

Contents (click to jump to) Early Years - 1894 - 1911 1912 - Joining Up 1912 - 1914 - Fort George War - Fort George to France -...

Birth and Family Registration of John's birth in 1894 John Minnery was born on December 20 th  1894 at 4.10am at 14 Cloth Str...

On January 29th, 1912 John joined the Territorial Army, namely the 6th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders - The Renfrewshire Battalion.  H...

Fort George from the north. On April 24 th 1912  the 2nd Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders arrived at their new barracks i...

Read all about it... On August 4th 1914 Britain declared war on Germany in response to that country's violation of Belgian neutral...