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Piper ALEXANDER TAINSH

Service Number: 265181
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

I. F. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Barbara Tainsh, of 10, Foundry Lane, Perth, and the late Alexander Tainsh.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED SON OF THE LATE ALEXR. TAINSH AND MRS. TAINSH 10 FOUNDRY LANE PERTH, SCOTLAND
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Buried or commemorated at

BANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2480
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