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Private JOHN PATRICK CANTLAY

Service Number: 2885835
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 November 1942

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY

2. F. 32.

Egypt

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Adam and Isabella Cantlay, of Auchnagatt, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription A TRIBUTE OF LOVE AND REMEMBRANCE. HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE. FATHER AND MOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

HELIOPOLIS WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 1830
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