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Lance Corporal W BLACK

Service Number: 1871
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

F. 55.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Lilias Black, of Bulburn Cottage, Aberfoyle, Perthshire.
  • Personal Inscription ON DUTY BOUND ON EARTH BUT ANSWERED HIS CALL ABOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 345
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