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Private WILLIAM NICOLSON

Service Number: 2756965
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1942

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave XVII. A. 10-19.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Robina Nicolson; husband of Andrewina Nicolson, of Thornton, Fife.
  • Personal Inscription AS DEAR AS EVER THOUGH YEARS DEPART, HIS MEMORY LIVES WITHIN OUR HEARTS
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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