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Private R BLAIN

Service Number: 2784
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 November 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

Plot 3. Row C. Grave 20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Peter James and Sarah Blain, of 13, Junction Street, Carlisle.
  • Personal Inscription DIED OF WOUNDS RECIEVED IN ACTION AGED 23
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Buried or commemorated at

FORCEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 309
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