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Gunner JOHN ADAMSON EMSLIE

Service Number: 4654
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"A" Bty. 256th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

VIII. E. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Susan Emslie, of Montrose.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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