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Staff Serjeant WILLIAM COLIN McLAREN

Service Number: 1604219
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Glider Pilot Regiment, A.A.C.

2nd Wing

Date of Death

Died 19 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

3. D. 9.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Maud McLaren, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM AND JUSTICE, THAT OTHERS MAY LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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