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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM ALEXANDER BLAIR

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

3rd Bn. attd. 2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 December 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SOLESMES BRITISH CEMETERY

I. F. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Malcolm and Annie Hardie Blair, of Garthland, Hamilton.
  • Personal Inscription "EVER UPWARD TO THE LIGHT EVER TRUE TO GOD AND RIGHT UP! AND ON!"
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Buried or commemorated at

SOLESMES BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 140
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