GRENADE THROWER
DIED AS A SOLDIER
AT HIS POST

PRIVATE JOHN DUNCAN MACPHERSON

SCOTS GUARDS

15TH SEPTEMBER 1916 AGE 22

BURIED: GUARDS CEMETERY LESBOEUFS, FRANCE


To a soldier this is the ultimate accolade implying the faithful discharge of duty regardless of the cost. As a grenade thrower, Private Macpherson would have been one of two in a nine-man team often used for clearing captured trenches.

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