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Private ALEXANDER ADAMS

Service Number: 400874
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 May 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WOODS CEMETERY

II. C. 3.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of James and Mary Adams, of 7, Bridge Field, Bervie, Kincardineshire, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription NOT WHAT I WILL BUT WHAT THOU WILT
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Buried or commemorated at

WOODS CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 321
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