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Second Lieutenant ALEXANDER SCOTT RAEBURN

Service Number: 97432
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 May 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY

3. B. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander John and Catherine Raeburn, of Ellon, Aberdeenshire. B.A., Hons., (Cantab.).
  • Personal Inscription BORN, ELLON, ABERDEENSHIRE, SCOTLAND, 29.3.1917 KILLED IN ACTION REMELING, FRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

CHOLOY WAR CEMETERY
Meurthe-et-Moselle France
Number of casualties: 803
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