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Air Fitter WILLIAM BLACK

Service Number: FX/77318
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Newcastle

Date of Death

Died 22 March 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY

Plot 1. Grave 23.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Isabella Mason Black, of Forfar, Angus.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY OF WILLIAM. TILL WE MEET AGAIN
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Buried or commemorated at

KIRKWALL (ST. OLAF'S) CEMETERY
Orkney United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 152
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