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Private WILLIAM McKNIGHT

Service Number: 2829130
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY

4. K. 1.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Allison McKnight, of Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND A BRITISH SOLDIER'S NOBLE END
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Buried or commemorated at

ALEXANDRIA (HADRA) WAR MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 3066
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