"Intimation was made yesterday that Corporal W. Lancastle (No. 7012 , 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots), was killed in action at Petit Bois, near Kemmel.
Corporal Lancastle, who was 32 years of age, enlisted fifteen years ago, and as a reservist , was called up on the declaration of War. He had been at the front since September and saw a good deal of fighting.
In one engagement he fell into the hands of the Germans, and was made a prisoner. He escaped after a fortnight, and some time afterwards re-joined his own corps. Since he became a reservist he had been employed in a Dalkeith potato-warehouse, and also for some months at a local colliery."
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