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Private J BLACK

Service Number: 6973
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY

I. B. 14.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Black, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription FAR FROM HIS NATIVE LAND HE LIES
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Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1615
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