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Private Walter Robert Fairgrieve

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30 August 1874

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20 June 1915

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Walter Robert Fairgrieve (30 August 1874 – 2 June 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played as an outside forward for Southampton and Luton Town in the late 1890s.

Fairgrieve enlisted as a private in the 15th Battalion, Royal Scots of the British Army early in the First World War but did not see any active service. He died in Edinburgh on 2 June 1915 following an attack of angina. He is buried in North Merchiston Cemetery in Edinburgh.

Royal Scots, 15th Bn., Service No. 17622
He died aged 35.