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L/Cpl. William Green

British Army 9th Btn. B Coy Highland Light Infantry

from:Ayr

(d.29th Sep 1918)

William Green was my maternal grandmother's older brother. I knew very little about him, other than his name and that he died in WWI. I was able to research his rank/serial number/company and battalion, that he married, in Stirling in April 1918, assume he was home on leave and was killed on 29 Sept 1918. There is no grave, however he is remembered with great pride on the Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Haucourt, Pas de Calais, France, which is about 10km south east of Arras. I don't know in which battle he was killed. In researching him, I discovered a great uncle of my husband's, whom he knew nothing about. He was a gunner with The Royal Horse and Royal Field Artillery, he died on 8th October 1918 and is buried in Proville British Cemetery, France.

I submitted both their names for last year's Roll of Honour at The Tower of London. Both names were read, close together, 'at the going down of the sun'. A very emotional and humbling ceremony.



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