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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM ADAM MACKIE NIVEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

29th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 28 October 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HABARCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VIII. A. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Adam Young Niven and Gertrude Elizabeth Niven (nee Dodds), of Johannesburgh, South Africa. Also served in German West Africa in 1914/1915.
  • Personal Inscription GOD IS CHRIST LIVES AND DEATH IS THE BEGINNING NOT THE END
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Buried or commemorated at

HABARCQ COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 572
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