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Private JOHN GUTHRIE TAIT

Service Number: S/17680
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ORIVAL WOOD CEMETERY, FLESQUIERES

I. D. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Guthrie Tait and Isabella Bruce Tait, husband of Margaret Speed Tait, of 136, Duke St., Leith, Edinburgh. Born at East Linton, Prestonkirk.
  • Personal Inscription WE MISSED YOU MOST WHO LOVED YOU BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

ORIVAL WOOD CEMETERY, FLESQUIERES
Nord France
Number of casualties: 304
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