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Lieutenant CHARLES PEACOCK DROVER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

8th Bn. attd. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY

I. E. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret Ker Drover, of 21, Rosslyn Crescent, Edinburgh, and the late John Peacock Drover.
  • Personal Inscription THEREFORE DOTH MY FATHER LOVE ME BECAUSE I LAY DOWN MY LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 366
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