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Lance Corporal W KEIR

Service Number: 261994
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

325th Quarrying Coy.

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot H. Row 1. Grave 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth Keir, of Dunfermline, Fifeshire.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR DEAR ONE SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 943
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