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Private ALEXANDER WHYTE McDONALD

Service Number: 5759
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

II. B. 12A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Margaret McDonald, of Montrose; husband of Minnie E. McDonald, of The Cottage, Bolton Golf Club, Lostock, Bolton.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN THOUGH HIS GRAVE WE CANNOT SEE
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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