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Private WILLIAM SMITH BEAT

Service Number: 1430
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 October 1915

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY

I. K. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Powrie and Margaret Beat, of 85, Cowgate, Dundee.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MAY LIVE AND WE HOLD HIM IN REMEMBRANCE
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Buried or commemorated at

WIMEREUX COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 3036
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