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Private WILLIAM ALEXANDER KING

Service Number: 2905
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1916

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XIII. J. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary J. King, of Lurgana House, Whitecross, Co. Armagh, and the late John King. His brother John Donaldson King also fell.
  • Personal Inscription AND WITH THE MORN THOSE ANGEL FACES SMILE WHICH I HAVE LOVED LONG SINCE & LOST AWHILE
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5572
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