Private Hugh Syme

Service Number 9835


Campaign:

World War 1


Died:

10.10.1917

1SG
Aged 19 MIA
No known grave, commemorated on Tyne Cot memorial, West Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 10
Born Armadale, Linlithgow. Resident of Kelty and enlisted Cowdenbeath, Fife.

Memorial(s):

Country Location Name of Memorial Campaign Names Date(s)
Scotland 5 Station Road Kelty Dunfermline Fife KY4 0BL Kelty War Memorial World War 1
Hugh Syme 10-10-1917 View

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