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Private A McEWEN

Service Number: 241533
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

A. 64.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Adam and Jane McEwen, of Silverrigg, Chapelton, Hamilton, Lanarkshire. Native of Fenwick, Ayrshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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