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Sapper J BLACK

Service Number: 414687
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

4th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 02 November 1917

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

XXXI. G. 8.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Joseph Black; husband of Helen Black, of 74, Queen St., Govan, Glasgow. Born at Montrose.
  • Personal Inscription GOD TAKES OUR LOVED ONES FROM OUR HOMES BUT NEVER FROM OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

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