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Private JOHN B. GRUAR

Service Number: 3050686
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1944

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX

VII. B. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Isobella Gruar, of Dundee; husband of Mary Gruar, of Dundee.
  • Personal Inscription WE WERE NOT THERE TO HEAR YOUR LAST FAINT SIGH BUT SWEET BE YOUR SLEEP, JOHN. GOOD-BYE
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. MANVIEU WAR CEMETERY, CHEUX
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2182
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