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Private JOHN ROBERT LEITH

Service Number: 40865
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1918

Age 40 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (NORTH MERCHISTON) CEMETERY

N. 12.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Catherine Sutherland Leith, of 18, Elgin Terrace, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE ALSO HIS SON JOHN LEITH DIED 5TH JUNE 1919 AGED 10 YEARS 7 MONTHS
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (NORTH MERCHISTON) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 139
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