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Private JAMES GIFFORD YORSTON

Service Number: 13048
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameron Highlanders

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 January 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

IV. E. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of Andrew Gifford Yorston and Eliza Yorston, of 28, Mardale Crescent, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription HE THAT LOSETH HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE SHALL FIND IT MATTHEW X.39.
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Buried or commemorated at

LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 909
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