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Private ALEXANDER WHITELAW

Service Number: 4/9040
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 January 1915

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. C. 43.

France

Headstone CH

Photographer: David Deacon

Headstone CH

Photographer: David Deacon

Headstone CH

Photographer: David Deacon

Headstone CH

Photographer: David Deacon

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Photographer: David Deacon

Headstone PM

Photographer: David Deacon

Headstone CH

Photographer: David Deacon

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Agnes Whitelaw, of Leith; husband of Jane J. McC. Whitelaw, of 66, Coburg St., North Leith, Edinburgh.
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 534
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