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Bugler WILLIAM EDWARD PORTEOUS

Service Number: 11573

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. A. 69.

France

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Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info Son of William Porteous, of 11, West Academy Place, Wishaw, Lanarkshire.
Personal Inscription TOO FAR AWAY THY GRAVE TO SEE BUT NOT TOO FAR TO THINK OF THEE

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