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Pattison, R.G., Pte., 1917
In Fauberg d'Amiens Cemetery, Arras, is the Commonwealth War Grave of 10474 Private Robert Gillis Pattison, serving with the East Surrey Regiment, who died 04/07/1917.

Pte Pattison (7th East Surrey Regiment), the son of John and Mary Ann Pattison of Station Terrace, Cramlington, was shot at dawn on 4th July 1917 at Arras having been convicted of going absent from his post.
Shot at Dawn; Putkowski and Sykes; 1989, Leo Cooper; ISBN 0 85052 295 1

Information: Sydney Graham.

He is remembered in Cramlington on C60.01 and C60.03 and on the “Shot At Dawn” memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum.


The CWGC entry for Private Pattison

Doreen Morton's Notes on Private Pattison

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