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Private ALEXANDER LEGGAT PATERSON

Service Number: 276796
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CRUMP TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX

Sp. Mem. B. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Mary Clark Paterson, of "Wharepuke," 83, Rongotai Terrace, Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand. Native of Edinburgh, Scotland.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS HE GAVE HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

CRUMP TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, FAMPOUX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 217
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