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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM PROUDFOOT NEILL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

6th Bn. attd. 9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1916

Age 43 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. D. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Walter and Margaret Stewart Neill, of Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription HELD IN LOVING AND EVER GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE, BY HIS SISTERS.
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Buried or commemorated at

GEZAINCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 678
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