Other Information:Archibald enlisted on 10th August 1915. He was 20 years old and a Gardener by trade. He joined at Sheffield on the 16th and was then posted to "S" Coy on the 14th. He embarked at Southampton with the 111th Field Ambulance on 18th December 1915, then disembarking at Havre the next day he entered the war in France on 19th December 1915. The Officer Commanding the 113th Field Ambulance notified that he had died from wounds received in action. Archibald was the son of Archibald and Agnes Whitefield of Knowetop, Nemphlar, Lanark. (The CWGC have Archibald listed as serving with the 14th Field Ambulance but this is not recorded on his service records)
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