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Private JOHN ABBOTT RILLIE

Service Number: 40879
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 April 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1

VI. D. 40.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jane McBryde Rillie, of Liberton, Midlothian; husband of Elizabeth Rillie, of The Bridge, Ratho, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE SLEEP BELOVED SLEEP UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.1
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1392
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