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George Groat

Private

Service No. 6398

Age 20

Died on 13 November 1916

Gordon Highlanders

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of John Groat, of Northness, Lerwick, Shetland, and the late Annie D. Groat.

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cody kendall

May you live in our hearts forever.

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Henry Harrison

George, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes …. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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We will remember them.

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cody kendall

I choose to place a poppy here because I would like to commerate this person for being a great help in the war and sadly losing their life .

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George, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st Lincolns and the ...

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