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Private WILLIAM JOHN ASHCROFT

Service Number: 2982162
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1945

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

25. D. 7.

Singapore

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Archibald Roden Ashcroft and Mary Ashcroft, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HIS DUTY DONE. DEATH CANNOT STEAL THE MEMORY OF OUR GALLANT SOLDIER SON
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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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