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Lance Corporal JOHN HAMILTON

Service Number: 2758306
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1941

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUDA BAY WAR CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. 10. A. 7.

Greece

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. William Hamilton; stepson of Matilda Hamilton, of Whitehill, Hamilton, Lanarkshire.
  • Personal Inscription FOR WHAT WE HAVE OF FREEDOM STILL, WE OWE TO THEIR HEROIC SKILL. SADLY MISSED
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Buried or commemorated at

SUDA BAY WAR CEMETERY
Greece
Number of casualties: 1564
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