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Guardsman JOHN BLACK

Service Number: 2697567
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Scots Guards

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 April 1945

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY

III, F, 2.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Margaret Black, of Slamannan, Stirlingshire; husband of Beatrice Black.
  • Personal Inscription YOU TOOK HIM, LORD AND LEFT US OUR SORROW YOU CALLED HIM GENTLY TO THE GREAT TOMORROW
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Buried or commemorated at

ARGENTA GAP WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 625
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