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Serjeant J CRANSTON

Service Number: 40690
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

10th/11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 December 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY

II. C. 21.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Cranston, of East Restalrig Terrace, Leith, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTALMAISON CHATEAU CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 289
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