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Lance Corporal BENJAMIN JAMES STRACHAN

Service Number: 2878743
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

116th (9th Bn. The Gordon Highlanders) Regt.

Date of Death

Died 12 April 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

21. A. 9.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Eric L. Strachan and Maggie Strachan, of Inverurie, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription NO TIME TO BID A FOND FAREWELL, NO WORD OF COMFORT TO US HE LOVED SO WELL
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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