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Second Lieutenant ERNEST CHARTERIS BLACK

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots Fusiliers

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1915

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

I. C. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Buyers Black and Jessie Charteris Black, of 1, Florentine Gardens, Glasgow, W.2, Joined King Edward's Horse, Aug., 1914. A Chartered Accountant.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH HAS MADE HIS DARKNESS BEAUTIFUL WITH TIME
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Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2145
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