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Serjeant WILLIAM PORTER

Service Number: 240117
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

4th/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 August 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVIII. C. 3A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Porter. Born Arbroath.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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