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Private JOHN PORTEOUS HILL

Service Number: 273133
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN

P. III. A. 2A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Porteous Hill and Jessie Hill, of 42, Morningside Rd., Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription FORGIVE MY GRIEF FOR ONE REMOVED THY CREATURE WHOM I FOUND SO FAIR
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. SEVER CEMETERY EXTENSION, ROUEN
Seine-Maritime France
Number of casualties: 8685
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