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Private JAMES MCDONALD GAVEN

Service Number: 353012
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 May 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY

D. 677.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of John and Elizabeth Gaven, of Edinburgh; husband of Jessie B. Jackson Henderson (formerly Gaven), of 32, St. Stephen St., Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED HUSBAND OF JESSIE B. JACKSON
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (COMELY BANK) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 309
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