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Serjeant WILLIAM CHARLES SLIGHT

Service Number: 3049820
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1942

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (LIBERTON) CEMETERY

Sec. N. Grave 358.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Margaret Slight, of Edinburgh; husband of Mary Slight, of Craigmillar, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription CHRIST SHALL CLASP THE BROKEN CHAIN CLOSER WHEN WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (LIBERTON) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 63
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