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Private PETER FAIRBAIRN

Service Number: 34052
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1917

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Fairbairn, of Galashiels; husband of Margaret McLaren Fairbairn, of 212, Halliburton Place, Galashiels, Selkirkshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2139
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