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Corporal SAMUEL GRAY

Service Number: 1723
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ

V. H. I.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Jessie Gray, of 1, Burlington St., Leith. Born at Lerwick, Shetland.
  • Personal Inscription OH FOR THE TOUCH OF A VANISHED HAND THE SOUND OF A VOICE THAT IS STILL
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Buried or commemorated at

FLATIRON COPSE CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1573
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