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Lieutenant JAMES MELVILLE DEWAR

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 October 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

IWUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 26.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Johnston and Cecilia Dewar, of 19, Canmore St., Dunfermline, Fife. Born at Comrie Village, Fife. Educated at Lochgelly Public School. English Teacher in George Heriots School, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

IWUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 139
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