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Captain JOHN ALEXANDER HARPER

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Medical Corps

Date of Death

Died 14 February 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES

I. B. 1.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 7th Bn. Yorkshire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Alex. R. Harper and Agnes Harper, of 8, Oughton Terrace, Ibrox, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS LOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, COMBLES
Somme France
Number of casualties: 186
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