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Private WILLIAM McRAE

Service Number: 28882
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 November 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

XIV. B. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Alexander McRae, of 103, High Buckholmside, Galashiels.
  • Personal Inscription HE DID HIS BIT THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE AND DIED A HERO'S DEATH
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Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2045
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