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Company Quartermaster Serjeant CHARLES JOHN NIVEN

Service Number: 10193
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

"F" Coy. 6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 March 1915

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PONT-DU-HEM MILITARY CEMETERY, LA GORGUE

X. E. 17

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Charles Niven, of Ledmacoy, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS IN OUR MEMORIES FOR THE SACRIFICE YOU HAVE MADE
  • N.B. Recent research has shown that CQMS Niven is buried here. Currently the grave is marked with a headstone to an Unknown, but a new headstone bearing his details is now on order. Please contact the Commission for further details. Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.
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