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Private ALEXANDER SMITH

Service Number: 53588
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

43rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

XVIII. H. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Margaret Smith, of 374, Maryhill Rd., Glasgow. Native of Ruthwell, Dumfriesshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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