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Lance Serjeant HUGH LEITH LORIMER

Service Number: 2973
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 November 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

Sp. Mem. F. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Hugh L. Lorimer, of Clovencraigs, Peterculter, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN ABIDING MEMORY
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

Y RAVINE CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 428
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