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Private DAVID BLACK

Service Number: 240577
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 April 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

XXII. F. 14.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander Black, of The Village, New Abbey, Dumfries.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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