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Lieutenant ROBERT WEIR

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

1st/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAUMONT-HAMEL BRITISH CEMETERY

Special Memorial 2.

France

Taken during staff visit November 2022

Photographer: Alexander Marchi

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jane Weir of Roselea, Oxton, Berwickshire.
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAUMONT-HAMEL BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 181
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