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spoons
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Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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David B Smith KOSB and HLI died 31 January 1982
aged 91 years captured at Bourlon Wood 1917 and
later escaped awarded military medal
a man of faith who rose above adversity
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spoons
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Location: St John's Town of Dalry
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| Posted: Mon Sep 29, 2008 9:20 pm Post subject: |
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Name: STEWART
Initials: J
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Private
Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
Unit Text: 16th Bn.
Date of Death: 18/11/1916
Service No: 30507
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: D. 2.
Cemetery: NEW MUNICH TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
interestingly, there was another man with the same name, same regiment, regimental number only 7 away who died in the same place on the same day
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kenmorrison
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| spoons wrote: | Found this man on SNWM but could not find him on CWGC!
Surname HYSLOP
Firstname James
Service Number 23394
Date Death 09/01/1918
Decoration
Place of birth Penningham Wigtownshire
Other latterly 7624 Labour Corps.
SNWM roll THE ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS
Rank Pte
Theatre of death F.& F.
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He's on CWGC as a Seaforth 
HYSLOP, J
Rank:Private
Service No:S/19204
Date of Death:09/01/1918
Regiment/Service:Seaforth Highlanders
2nd Inf. Labour Coy. transf. to (7624) 13th Coy. Labour Corps.
Grave ReferenceII. F. 11.
CemeteryDUHALLOW A.D.S. CEMETERY
Additional Information:
and a note from the CWGC page
The cemetery contains many graves of the artillery and engineers and 41 men of the 13th Company Labour Corps, killed when a German aircraft dropped a bomb on an ammunition truck in January 1918, are buried in Plot II. |
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