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Sgt. William Mclymont Fleming
British Army 8th Btn. Black Watch
from:Fisherrow, Midlothian
William Fleming was born in Slammanan, Stirlingshire in Nov 1890. He moved to Fisherrow, Midlothian circa 1904. He worked as a coal miner and signed with Tottenham Hotspur just before the outbreak of war.
He enlisted in 8th Battalion, Black Watch in 1914. William was married in 1917 and fathered 3 children. Two daughters and one son also named William. He survived the war and returned home then served in Ireland as a temporary cadet in the Royal Irish Constabulary 1919/20. He returned home to work down the pit. William died in July 1970 aged 78 at East Fortune Hospital, East Lothian and is buried at the Inverness Cemetery, Musselburgh, East Lothian.

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