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Private JOHN FORBES STRACHAN

Service Number: 6702
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 November 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET

I. E. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late John and Jane Strachan, of 22, Breich St., Rothes, Morayshire. Clerk at Alness Distillery, Ross-shire.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

MAILLY WOOD CEMETERY, MAILLY-MAILLET
Somme France
Number of casualties: 703
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