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Private WILLIAM SCOTT

Service Number: 32729
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1918

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS

IV. C. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Catherine Scott, of 27, Broompark Rd., Blantyre, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMMECOURT WOOD NEW CEMETERY, FONCQUEVILLERS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 748
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