Certificate that accompanied a Defence Medal awarded to Detective Inspector Donald Archibald MacLean, Linlithgow, in 1946, for his services in the Lothian police force during WWII. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
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Black & white photograph of two generations of MacLeans of Kenovay & Linlithgow, in 1941. (L-R) Mary, Charles, Effie, Donald Archibald (father), Euphemia (mother), with Alister in front. Taken just before Charles, an RAF airman, went missing in action over the English Channel in November 1941. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
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Euphemia in later years wearing a brooch given to her by her son Charles.
Black & white photograph of Donald Archibald MacLean, Kenovay and Linlithgow, his wife Euphemia Stoddart, and four of their seven children (L-R) Effie, Mary, Charles (in jacket and tie), and George, in around 1925. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
Hand-written poem about the MacLeans, addressed from John Pagan (author?) to Donald Archibald MacLean, Kenovay and Linlithgow, on the event of Donald’s promotion in the police force in 1934. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
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Black & white photograph of Constable Donald Archibald MacLean, Kenovay and Linlithgow, in uniform in around 1920. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
National identity card belonging to Deputy Chief Constable Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay and Linlithgow, in 1940. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
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School merit certificate awarded to Donald Archibald MacLean, Kenovay, for proficiency in his exams at Cornaigmore Public School, 1903. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
Photocopy of a newspaper article about the retiral of Deputy Chief Constable Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay, from the Linlithgowshire Gazette, 4 July 1952. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
Unopened copy of the Linlithgowshire Gazette, 4 July 1952, addressed to Superintendent MacLean, formerly of Kenovay. It contains an article about his retirement from the police force. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
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Small soft-back hymn book ‘The Psalms and Church Hymnary, revised edition’ published by Oxford University Press, and belonging to Donald Archibald MacLean, Kenovay. Handwritten on the inside is “D McLean”. Part of a large collection of items belonging to and about Donald Archibald McLean, Kenovay (1890-1981), and his family.
