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Private JOHN BLACK

Service Number: 864431
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

II. F. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Allan and Margaret Black, of Greenock, Renfrewshire; husband of Isabella Rose Black, of Greenock.
  • Personal Inscription WINDS OF HEAVEN BLOW SOFTLY HERE WHERE LIES SLEEPING ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR. R.I.P.
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