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Private WILLIE PORTEOUS

Service Number: 20731
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 October 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXV. A. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Isabella Porteous, of Nethershiels, Stow, Midlothian.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS & THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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