WW1 & WW2 Group to Pte – Captain Doak Cameron Highlanders.

A superb group of eight comprising of the 1914/15 star (to S11720 Private J. K R. Doak), British war and victory medal (to Lieutenant J. K. R. Doak) the 1939/45 star, Africa star, Italy Star, Defence and 1939/45 war medal all unnamed as issued.
James Kidd Robinson Doak was born in Aberdeen around 1891, he lived with his father Andrew and mother Julia with four other siblings in very comfortable circumstances at 15 Queens Road, Old Machar, Aberdeen along with four servants to tend to the family’s needs.
When the great war broke out, he enlisted into the Cameron Highlanders serving as a Private in the 5th Battalion, Landing in France on the 10th of May 1915. part of the 1st wave of Kitchener’s new army’s and came under orders of 26th Brigade in 9th Scottish Division, just in time for the battle of Loos, where he was wounded. In January 1916 he was commissioned into the Camaron’s as 2nd Lieutenant rising to the rank of Lieutenant by the end of the war, seeing action in most of the major battles including the Somme, Passchendaele and Kemmel, to name just a few. The division was selected to advance to the Rhine as part of the German occupation force at the end of 1918.
After the war he finished a degree at the St Andrews university in Botany. This may have taken him around the world as there is a James Doak listed on several passenger list to the United States and Canada. He married Kathleen in the mid to late 1930’s and when the second world war broke out he was recalled as a Lieutenant in the Welsh regiment and then to his beloved 5th Cameron Highlanders, forming part of 152nd Brigade in the 51st Highland Division and saw action at the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942 and the Allied invasion of Sicily in July 1943, finishing at the rank of Captain.
After the war he lived in Glasgow with his wife and became a very vocal member of the community. Sadley Kathleen died in April 1977 followed by James in 1980. They are now remembered together at the Kells Burial Ground, Dumfries and Galloway.
This is just a very brief description of this man’s history; I have only touched on the life of this incredibly brave and determined man. All the medals are in very good condition and come mounted as worn on a brooch bar with original ribbons, but please note the bar is broken and the medals could do with remounting. They come with a whole host of research to help you piece together this man’s amazing story, including WW1 medal rolls and medal index card, commission details in London Gazette, 5th battalion Cameron Highlanders war diary on smart stick, copy WW2 medal issue card, various newspaper articles in which James is mentioned or has contributed, plus other relevant information.

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