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Pte. Peter Black
British Army 1/4th Btn. Black Watch
(d.18th Sep 1916)
Peter Black served with the Black Watch 1/4th Btn. He was executed for desertion on18th September 1916 and is buried in Trois Arbres Cemetery, Steenwerck, France.
He already had a suspended sentence of death for desertion when he went missing a second time just before going into action. His absence lasted for a month and, after Court Martial, he was shot on 18th September 1916 near the border between France and Belgium.