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Lance Corporal WILLIAM REID

Service Number: 265177
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 April 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUEMAPPE BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT

I. B. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William and Catherine Reid, of 37, Shields Place, Perth.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

GUEMAPPE BRITISH CEMETERY, WANCOURT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 169
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