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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM LEES HAMILTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

237th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1917

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY

III. D 5.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jean S. Hamilton, of 56, Briarbank Terrace, Edinburgh. Came from La Paz, Bolivia, South America, to enlist.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THE DAY BREAKS
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Buried or commemorated at

KLEIN-VIERSTRAAT BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 805
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