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Private WILLIAM DEWAR

Service Number: S/6689
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 February 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

VI. F. 13.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Duncan and Christina Dewar, of 12, Breadalbane Terrace, Aberfeldy, Perthshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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