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Private JOHN BALFOUR SYMINGTON ABERCROMBIE

Service Number: 5532
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

II. J. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Abercrombie, of Paisley.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT AND DIED FOR HIS KING, HIS COUNTRY AND HIS GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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