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Second Lieutenant ROBERT OLIVER BAIRD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force

107th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

I. C. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late John and Mary Baird, of Inverness.
  • Personal Inscription THE RACE WELL RUN THE PRIZE NOT DEATH BUT LIFE ETERNAL
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Buried or commemorated at

ASSEVILLERS NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 815
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