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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM MORLAND

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 December 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

XXIV. C. 20.

Belgium

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 97th Light T.M. Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jessie Morland, of 10, Carlton Terrace, North Kelvinside, Glasgow, and the late William Morland.
  • Personal Inscription HIS LIFE WAS LOVELY AND PLEASANT AND HE DIED IN GLORY
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7485
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