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Lieutenant Colonel WILLIAM DRYSDALE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1916

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

VI. E. 11.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment Commanding 7th Bn. Leicestershire Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of William Drysdale, of Kilrie, Fife; husband of Mary Louisa Muir Mackenzie Drysdale, of Pitteadie, Kirkcaldy.
  • Personal Inscription SANS PEUR ET SANS REPROCHE GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5571
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