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Private DAVID WEIR

Service Number: 333062
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

"D" Coy. 9th (Glasgow Hds.) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 February 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

IV. N. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Weir, of 25, Leven St., Renton, Dumbartonshire.
  • Personal Inscription SO PASSED A BRAVE SOLDIER A GALLANT GENTLEMAN AND A RADIANT SOUL
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1697
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