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Regan - died of wounds received in action on the 3rd May, Corporal Henry Regan, Royal Scots, beloved son of Frank Regan, Loganlea, aged 21 years.
He sleeps beside his comrades,
In a hallowed grave, unknown;
But his name is written in letters of love
In the hearts he left at home.
Sleep on dear son, and take your rest,
For God called thee when He thought best,
Our loss is great, thine is gain,
In heaven we hope to meet again.
In the bloom of his life death claimed him,
In the pride of his manhood days;
His heart was good, his spirit brave,
His resting place is a soldier's grave.
Inserted by his father and mother, and brothers and sisters
Midlothian Advertiser, 1st June 1917
In Memory of
HENRY REGAN
Corporal
26367
12th Bn., Royal Scots
who died on
Saturday, 5th May 1917. Age 21.
Additional Information: Son of Frank and Catherine Regan, of 44, Logaulea, Addiewell, Midlothian.
Commemorative Information
Cemetery: DUISANS BRITISH CEMETERY, ETRUN, Pas de Calais, France
Grave Reference/Panel Number: IV. K. 53.
Historical Information: Duisans and the neighbourhood came under British occupation in March, 1916, but it was not until February, 1917, that the site of this Cemetery was selected for the 8th Casualty Clearing Station. The first burials took place in March; and from the beginning of April the Cemetery grew very quickly under the pressure of casualties in the 8th Casualty Clearing Station (until April, 1918), the 19th (until March, 1918), and the 41st (until July, 1917). There are now over 3,000, 1914-18 war casualties commemorated in this site. Two British graves were obliterated by shell fire, and the names are recorded on special memorials. In Plot II, Row A, there are buried, side by side, two brothers, an Officer and a Private, who died of wounds at Duisans on the same day.
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