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Lance Corporal RICHARD BYERS

Service Number: 23835
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 June 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX

Sp. Mem. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Jane Byers, of Springfield, Gretna, Dumfriesshire, and the late James Byers. Born at Canonbie, Dumfriesshire.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2073
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