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Pte. John Heslin

British Army 8th Battalion Royal Highlanders

from:Edinburgh

(d.17th Dec 1917)

John Heslin married Mary Allan in 1914. He was previously a cooper at the Youngers brewery in Edinburgh, he enlisted with the Army and had an illicit affair with another woman which produced a son. John was sent to the Somme with no knowledge of the pregnancy and his son (my Grandfather) was born in 1915. In 1917, John was killed in action. His memorial is in Gouzeaucourt Cemetary in Nord, France.



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