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Lance Corporal JOHN BRUCE FORTUNE

Service Number: S/6928
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 February 1916

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT

I. A. 37.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Margaret Fortune, of 11, Norvue Terrace, Airdrie.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

NORFOLK CEMETERY, BECORDEL-BECOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 549
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