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Henry Paton served as Private S/9526, of the 1st Gordon Highlanders, and was killed in action on the 25 September 1915 on the Ypres Salient, Belgium. He is remembered with Honour on Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial to the Missing, and on the Great War Road Screen Memorial, All Saints' Church, Mumbles, Swansea. His sacrifice is also commemorated on the Oystermouth Council Schools Roll of Honour, as recorded in the School Log Book in 1916.

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