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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM LANCELOT RITCHIE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cambridgeshire Regiment

"D" Coy. 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 August 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

II. E. 17.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Ritchie, of Umhlali, Natal.
  • Personal Inscription DULCE ET DECORUM EST PRO PATRIA MORI
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Buried or commemorated at

DOZINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 3312
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