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Private ROBERT STRAUGHAIR

Service Number: 300878
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY

Enclosure No.4 X. D. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Straughair, of Pity Mee, Durham, and the late Elizabeth, Straughair.
  • Personal Inscription HIS NAME IS WRIT IN LETTERS OF LOVE ON THE HEARTS HE LEFT AT HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

BEDFORD HOUSE CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5213
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