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Lieutenant FRANCIS WALLACE HOME RENTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 August 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD

I. D. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Brig. Surgeon Lt. Col. David Renton, M.D. (15th Hussars). Native of Edinburgh. Got his 1st XV. Rugby Football Cap at Sedbergh School, Sedbergh, Yorks.
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Buried or commemorated at

BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1026
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