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Lieutenant WILLIAM THOMAS ACTON

Service Number: 240256
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

2. O. 1.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 5th Bn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Thomas Acton and Isabella Acton, of Musselburgh, Midlothian. Chartered Accountant.
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1005
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