131st Field Regiment Royal Artillery

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Memorial of Scott Gibson Macfarlane

Service Number: 916395
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Rank: Bombardier
Age: 22
Date of Death: Friday, 22nd August 1941
Memorial Location: Shotts (Kirk of Shotts) Cemetery, Lanarkshire - United Kingdom
Memorial Reference: Sec. A. (South Part). Grave 61.
Next of Kin:
Additional Information: Cause of death is given as "shock following a fractured base of the skull and severe burns received when his motor cycle overturned on the road and caught fire and that Scott Gibson Macfarlane died by misadventure".

The certificate was received from P.C.G. Hayward, Coroner for Suffolk (Eastern District) and an inquest was held on 25th August 1941. He died at Camp reception Station, Saxmundham.