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Lieutenant JOHN DOUGLAS ALSTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 March 1915

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT

VIII. J. 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew T. and Georgina Cowie Alston, of Thornhill, Airdrie, Lanarkshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

BROWN'S ROAD MILITARY CEMETERY, FESTUBERT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1071
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