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David Glencross Slimmon | Grave
2ND CORPORAL D. G. SLIMMON Name: David Glencross Slimmon Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Engineers 419th (West Lancs.) Field Coy. Date of Death: 23 July 1917 Age at Death: 21 Years Old Buried or commemorated at: HOP STORE CEMETERY Plot I. Row D. Grave 37. Belgium Awards: – Additional Info: Son of John and Mary Slimmon, […]
Continue readingEdwin Stanley Garvie | Graves
LANCE CORPORAL 12117 E. S. GARVIE Name: Edwin Stanley Garvie Regiment & Unit/Ship: Cameron Highlanders 5th Bn. Date of Death: 15 October 1915 Age at Death: 23 years old Buried or commemorated at: COLOGNE SOUTHERN CEMETERY VIII. G. 24. Germany Awards: – Additional Info: Son of the late John Donaldson Garvie and Mary Douglas Shaw […]
Continue readingJohn Speare Tosswill | Graves
CORPORAL 72726 J. S. TOSSWILL Name: John Speare Tosswill Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Engineers Northern Signal Service Training Centre Date of Death: 28 September 1915 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: EASTBOURNE (OCKLYNGE) CEMETERY UA. 250. United Kingdom Awards: – Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record
Continue readingJames William Revill | Grave
LANCE CORPORAL 108670 J. W. REVILL Name: James William Revill Regiment & Unit/Ship: Royal Engineers 104th Field Coy. Date of Death: 9 April 1917 Age at Death: – Buried or commemorated at: BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY VI. C. 80. France Awards: Additional Info: – Service Record: View Record A high-resolution (non-watermarked) digital copy of this […]
Continue readingThe Story of Jimmy Revill
THE STORY OF JIMMY REVILL Like many professional footballers, deprived of their chief source of earning a living and under pressure to serve their country in its time of crisis, Jimmy Revill enlisted in His Majesty’s forces during World War One. After serving in the army for just over a year, he was killed in […]
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