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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM PATERSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

5th Bn. attd. 6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 November 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ORIVAL WOOD CEMETERY, FLESQUIERES

I. C. 15.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jane Paterson, of 1, Bexley Terrace, Wick, Caithness, and the late Capt. William Paterson (Harbourmaster of Wick).
  • Personal Inscription AT REST
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Buried or commemorated at

ORIVAL WOOD CEMETERY, FLESQUIERES
Nord France
Number of casualties: 304
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