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Major GEORGE PATRICK SPEIRS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CANTAING BRITISH CEMETERY

C. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Croix De Guerre (France). Son of Archibald and Elizabeth Cumming Spiers, of 1, Oakley Terrace, Dennistoun, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription THAT LIFE IS LONG WHICH ANSWERS LIFE'S GREAT END
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Buried or commemorated at

CANTAING BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 68
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