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Corporal RICHARD COMMON

Service Number: 25879
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 March 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE

II. D. 38.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Elizabeth Helen Common, of Meikle Whitriggs, Lockerbie, Dumfriesshire.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE BELOVED SON FONDLY REMEMBERED
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Buried or commemorated at

HAM BRITISH CEMETERY, MUILLE-VILLETTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 486
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