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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JAMES BRUCE STRACHAN

Service Number: 2890712
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 06 July 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW PITSLIGO PARISH CHURCHYARD

Row 14. Grave 5C.

United Kingdom

Before and after cleaning.

Photographer: Roy Stevely

Before and after cleaning.

Photographer: Roy Stevely

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Rebecca Strachan, of Fraserburgh; husband of Pte. Margaret Joan Strachan, Aux. Territorial Service.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW PITSLIGO PARISH CHURCHYARD
Aberdeenshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 8
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