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Corporal WILLIAM HAMILTON RITCHIE

Service Number: 106116
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

3rd Special Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 February 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CITE BONJEAN MILITARY CEMETERY, ARMENTIERES

III. F. 38.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Maria Ritchie, of 90, Hawthorn Vale, Leith, Edinburgh. Science student (Chemistry), Edinburgh University.
  • Personal Inscription QUI ANTE DIEM PERIIT SED MILES, SED PRO PATRIA
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