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Lance Corporal WILLIAM BRECHNEY

Service Number: 2989789
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 November 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FAENZA WAR CEMETERY

VII. A. 4.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Terrence and Mary Brechney, of Broxburn, West Lothian.
  • Personal Inscription IN VAIN? WE HOPE NOT
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Buried or commemorated at

FAENZA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1152
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