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Private R NEIL

Service Number: S/7873
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THIANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY

A. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Nephew of William Neil. of Lennel Newtown, Coldstream, Berwickshire.
  • Personal Inscription AFTER YEARS OF WEARY FIGHTING HIS NOBLE LIFE HE GAVE IN SIGHT OF PEACE. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

THIANT COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 73
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