Private William Neil

Private William Neil, 4th ( Reserve) Battalion, Kings Own Scottish Borderers. He died on Service in hospital in Edinburgh, aged 29, on the 22nd June 1916. He had been born in Gordon, Berwickshire and was the son of the late Georgina and Alexander Hume of Grantshouse, Berwickshire. He had been working as a ploughman at Hume Byres farm when he enlisted in late 1914. He became ill and was eventually transferred to the 2nd Scottish General Hospital, Craigleith, Edinburgh where he died from pneumonia. He is buried in Edinburgh ( Comely Bank ) Cemetery.

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