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J Stevenson
Private
90943
7th Coy., Machine Gun Corps (Inf)
Who died on Thursday, 2nd August 1917. Age 18.
Son of John Stevenson, of Saw Mill Cottage, West Calder, Midlothian
Born Uphall, West Lothian
Buried at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium
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LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
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The cemetery is located 11.5 kilometers west of Ypres
It was first used as a French Hopital D'Evacuation
In June 1915 it began to be used by the British as a
Casualty Clearing Station
From April to August 1918 it fell to the Germans
The cemetery contains British, French, German and
Chinese graves
There are nearly 10,000 casualties commemorated here
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Only those who have loved
And lost
Can understand war's bitter
Cost
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