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Private WILLIAM ECKFORD

Service Number: 2982105
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1943

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY

9. C. 15.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Catherine Eckford, of Camelon, Falkirk, Stirlingshire.
  • Personal Inscription DEAR IS HIS MEMORY, SWEET IS HIS NAME, DEEP IN OUR HEARTS HE WILL EVER REMAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

CHUNGKAI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 1739
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