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• Bruce, Lieut. William Arthur McRae    b. June 15, 1890  d. December 19, 1914
  Scottish WWI recipient of the Victoria Cross, the United Kingdom’s highest award for valor.
  Neuve-Chapelle Memorial, Neuve-Chapelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: Panel 25 (No Known Grave)
   
• Gobar Singh Negi    b. October 7, 1893  d. March 10, 1915
  Indian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the United Kingdom’s highest award for valor.
  Neuve-Chapelle Memorial, Neuve-Chapelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
  Plot: Panel 32 and 33 (No Known Grave)
   
• Neuve-Chapelle Memorial [memorial] 
  The Neuve-Chapelle Memorial is located 800 metres south-west of the village of Neuve-Chapelle in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, 5 kilometres north of La Bassee and 20 kilometres west-south-west of Lille. Unveiled on October 7, 1927, this memorial commemorates over 4,700 Indian soldiers who died while serving with the British Indian Army in France and Belgium during World War I and have no known grave. Additional panels were later added to commemorate other fallen servicemen of the Army of India...[Read More] (Bio by: Milou)
  Neuve-Chapelle Memorial, Neuve-Chapelle, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
   

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