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Private JOHN MACFARLANE

Service Number: S/43197
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT

II. E. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of J. F. and Annie J. Macfarlane, of Stornoway. Came from Monte Video, South America, to enlist.
  • Personal Inscription HOW BRIGHT THOSE GLORIOUS SPIRITS SHINE
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Buried or commemorated at

GUILLEMONT ROAD CEMETERY, GUILLEMONT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2269
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