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Lance Corporal EDWARD SCANLAN

Service Number: 2979681
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 March 1942

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KUALA LUMPUR (CHERAS ROAD) CIVIL CEMETERY

Grave 727.

Malaysia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Mary Scanlan; husband of L. Scanlan, of Preston, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription THE GREATEST BATTLE EVER FOUGHT, IT WAS FOUGHT BY THE MOTHERS OF MEN
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Buried or commemorated at

KUALA LUMPUR (CHERAS ROAD) CIVIL CEMETERY
Malaysia
Number of casualties: 784
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