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Private ALEXANDER BORLAND McDOWALL

Service Number: 6981
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)

"C" Coy. 5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 April 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. C. 42.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James McDowall and Catherine Borland McDowall, of 1129, Argyle St., Sandyford, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS DUTY HE FOUGHT THE FIGHT FOR HONOUR & RIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

HOUPLINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 534
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