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Private JOHN PORTEOUS

Service Number: 4020
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (NEWINGTON OR ECHO BANK) CEMETERY

D1. 375.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Thomas and Elspeth Porteous; husband of Colina F. Sked Porteous, of 16, Livingstone Place, Edinburgh.
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (NEWINGTON OR ECHO BANK) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 160
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