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Private GORDON ALEXANDER OLIPHANT

Service Number: S/15029
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARTILLERY WOOD CEMETERY

III. C. 14.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William B. and Elizabeth Oliphant (nee Alexander), of The Cottage, 76, Chapel St., Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription IT IS SWEET AND GLORIOUS TO DIE FOR ONE'S COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

ARTILLERY WOOD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1307
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