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Private JOHN WITHERSPOON

Service Number: 19955
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 May 1918

Age 51 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (NEWINGTON OR ECHO BANK) CEMETERY

K1. 102.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment transf. to (8257) Labour Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Witherspoon; husband of Ellen Witherspoon, of 105, St. Leonards St., Edinburgh.
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (NEWINGTON OR ECHO BANK) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 158
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