Gravestone of S.8261 (S/8261) Private R.A. (Robert) Allan, 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders [Imperial] at Mountainview Cemetery, Vancouver in 1997. He was born in 1896 and died in 1948. This regimental number is from the Imperial Seaforths. The "S" prefix numbers were for Highland Regiments, WW1 enlistment. From his British Army Medal Card (attached), he arrived in France on 19 August 1915. He survived the war and was demobilized. The gravestone states 1st [Regular Battalion] although his Medal Card states service in France. The 1st Battalion was not on the Western Front but in Palestine and Iraq during the Great War.