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James Peebles

Private

Service No. S/13637

Age 18

Died on 13 November 1916

Gordon Highlanders

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of Charles Peebles, of 631, Hawthorn St., Springburn, Glasgow.

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Carolyn Kirkwood

Your sacrifice has never been forgotten by our family. You live on in our memories. Thank you for everything that you did.

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Henry Harrison

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

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Remembered via Poppy Shop Somme Poppy Pin Supporter

We will remember them.

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Carolyn Kirkwood

This is where my Great-Uncle lost his life aged 18. This poppy is in remembrance of the huge sacrifice he made nearly one hundred years ago.

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James, 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 1...

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