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Private JAMES McGARVIE

Service Number: 5086
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 April 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2

I. A. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Isabella McGarvie, of 425, Argyle St., Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND A BRITISH SOLDIER'S NOBLE END. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

DOULLENS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 462
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