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Private CHARLES LEYS RITCHIE

Service Number: 2878721
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1942

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXVI. H. 18.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jessie Ritchie, of Ballater, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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