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Second Lieutenant HERBERT WILSON LEITHAM

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

5th Bn. attd. 8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEVEREN-IJZER CHURCHYARD

Sp. Mem. (Space No. 3).

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Leitham, M.A., and Eleanora S. L. Mclntosh or Leitham. Born at St. Madoes, Glencarse, Perthshire.
  • Personal Inscription SCIENCE STUDENT AT ST.ANDREWS UNIVERSITY THEY DENIED THEMSELVES
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Buried or commemorated at

BEVEREN-IJZER CHURCHYARD
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 28
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