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Lance Serjeant JAMES BAIRD

Service Number: 5121560
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

9 (Airborne) Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 10 July 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

II. H. 16.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Margaret Baird, of Motherwell, Lanarkshire; nephew of Margaret Speirs, of Motherwell.
  • Personal Inscription MIZPAH

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Buried or commemorated at

SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1067
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