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Leading Seaman WILLIAM THOMAS PORTEOUS

Service Number: 17/L
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

(Shetland Sect.) H.M. Yacht "Goissa."

Date of Death

Died 13 July 1917

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OLLABERRY CHURCHYARD

In North-East part.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Margaret Porteous, of Queyfirthness, Ollaberry.
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Buried or commemorated at

OLLABERRY CHURCHYARD
Shetland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 6
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