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Second Lieutenant JOHN ADSHEAD GEMMILL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE

VI. C. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of John Leiper Gemmill and Lily Russell Adshead Gemmill, of 16, Dargarvel Avenue, Dumbreck, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD AND LOVING MEMORY ELDEST SON OF MR. & MRS. J. LEIPER GEMMILL 16 DARGARVEL AVENUE, GLASGOW KILLED IN ACTION NEAR THIEPVAL LOVED ONE DEATH IS NOT THE END
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Buried or commemorated at

LONSDALE CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1542
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