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Gunner WILLIAM FORSYTH MOTHERWELL

Service Number: 227311
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"C" Bty. 86th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 30 October 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXI. AA. 2A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas W. and Jessie F. Motherwell, of Craig Side Farm, By Croy, near Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SOLDIER SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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