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Private WILLIAM WILSON

Service Number: 2728
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2

V. G. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Christina Wilson. Born at Lochgelly, Fife.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

SERRE ROAD CEMETERY No.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 7138
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