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Second Lieutenant ALEXANDER COBURN GARVIE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 April 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX

I. G. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Annie Garvie, of "St. Leonards," 8, Alexandra Rd., Leicester. Born at Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription HE DARED FOR A HIGH CAUSE TO SUFFER RESIST, FIGHT IF NEED BE TO DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

BROWN'S COPSE CEMETERY, ROEUX
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2073
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