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Sapper JAMES DUNCAN GILCHRIST

Service Number: 76510
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

VI Corps Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1915

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY

XI. C. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Andrew and Jessie Ann Riddel Gilchrist, of 8, Burnbank Terrace, Glasgow. Born at Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription HE CAME AND WENT AND NEVER CEASED TO SMILE
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Buried or commemorated at

YPRES RESERVOIR CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2614
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