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Private JOHN ROY DECIMUS SYMES

Service Number: 6759
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

THISTLE DUMP CEMETERY, HIGH WOOD, LONGUEVAL

A. 28.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late John Thomas Symes, of Maryhill, Glasgow.
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Buried or commemorated at

THISTLE DUMP CEMETERY, HIGH WOOD, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 203
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