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Sapper DAVID NESS BLAIR

Service Number: 3057050
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

275 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 16 January 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY

11. D. 18.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Jane Robertson Blair, of Athelstaneford, East Lothian.
  • Personal Inscription "UNTIL THE DAY BREAK, AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY" WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1393
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