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Major JOHN NEILL BLACK

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TIGRIS LANE CEMETERY, WANCOURT

I. E. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of William Neill Black and May Gordon Black, of Olleworth Park, Wotton-under-Edge, Glos.
  • Personal Inscription NON CRUX SED LUX
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Buried or commemorated at

TIGRIS LANE CEMETERY, WANCOURT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 119
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