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Sailor WILLIAM McGARVA

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Mercantile Marine

S.S. "Kildonan" (Cardiff)

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GWITHIAN (ST. GOTHIAN) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John McGarva, of 6 Maclean St., Glasgow, and the late Jane McGarva (nee Graham).
  • N.B. Please note that this casualty was previously commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial; his name will be removed when the appropriate panel is next replaced.
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Buried or commemorated at

GWITHIAN (ST. GOTHIAN) CHURCHYARD
Cornwall United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 6
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