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Private WILLIAM ANDERSON

Service Number: 2985122
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 September 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY

VIII, B, 3.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander and Janet Anderson, of Thornhill, Stirlingshire.
  • Personal Inscription DEAR ARE THE MEMORIES OF THE YOUNG LIFE HE GAVE HE DIED FOR HIS LOVED ONES HIS COUNTRY TO SAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

CORIANO RIDGE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 1940
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