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Lieutenant Colonel HEW ANGUS CHRISTOPHER BLAIR IMRIE

Service Number: 62690
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

Date of Death

Died 18 August 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

III. E. 7.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment Cdg. 5/7th Bn. Gordon Highlanders
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order, Military Cross, Territorial Decoration
  • Additional Info Son of Hew Francis and Selina Gladys Blair Imrie; husband of Margaret Wedderburn Blair Imrie, of Edzell, Angus.
  • Personal Inscription "FROM THE GROUND THERE BLOSSOMS RED LIFE THAT SHALL ENDLESS BE"
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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