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DerekR
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Name: PRIMROSE, ROBERT CAIRNS
Initials: R C
Nationality: Indian
Rank: Second Lieutenant
Regiment/Service: 5th Mahratta Light Infantry
Age: 20
Date of Death: 12/01/1942
Additional information: Son of James Bartholomew Primrose and Mary Campbell Mallis Primrose, of Kirkton, Hawick, Roxburghshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 12. B. 13.
Cemetery: KARACHI WAR CEMETERY
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DerekR
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Name: RUSSELL, WILLIAM HENDRY
Initials: W H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 708 Gen. Constr. Coy.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 24/04/1941
Service No: 1989030
Additional information: Son of James and Annie S. Russell, of Bonchester, Roxburghshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 14. A. 9.
Cemetery: PHALERON WAR CEMETERY
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DerekR
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This name is not listed:
Name: BAILEY, EDWARD FRANCIS
Initials: E F
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Rifleman
Regiment/Service: Royal Ulster Rifles
Unit Text: 2nd Bn.
Age: 25
Date of Death: 09/06/1944
Service No: 7016406
Additional information: Son of James and Florence Ann Bailey; husband of Mary Bell Bailey, of Bonchester Bridge, Roxburghshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: Row J. 9.
Cemetery: CAMBES-EN-PLAINE WAR CEMETERY
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James Russell
Joined: 09 Jun 2009
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Location: Edinburgh
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| DerekR wrote: | Name: RUSSELL, WILLIAM HENDRY
Initials: W H
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Sapper
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Unit Text: 708 Gen. Constr. Coy.
Age: 26
Date of Death: 24/04/1941
Service No: 1989030
Additional information: Son of James and Annie S. Russell, of Bonchester, Roxburghshire.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: 14. A. 9.
Cemetery: PHALERON WAR CEMETERY |
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I have recently visited my uncle's grave at Phaleron War Cemetery. I have long wondered who I have to thank for spelling 'Russell' correctly on the Bonchester Bridge Memorial. |
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