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Private WILLIAM CAIRNCROSS PIRIE

Service Number: 4353
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 August 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

I. A. 47.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Wood Pirie and Betsy Pirie, of Ardmiddle Gardens, Turriff, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription HOME AT LAST, THY LABOUR DONE SAFE AND BLEST THE VICTORY WON
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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