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Corporal GEORGE WILSON

Service Number: 2986183
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

7/10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 December 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY

2. E. 13.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Sarah Wilson, of Cowie, Stirlingshire; husband of Elsie Wilson, of Cowie.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS FAR FROM HIS NATIVE LAND BUT WHEN LIFE'S O'ER WE'LL MEET ON A GOLDEN SHORE
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Buried or commemorated at

BENGHAZI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1240
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