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Ordinary Seaman WILLIAM BUCHANAN

Service Number: C/JX788467
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Sussex

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1947

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY

35. A. 9.

Singapore

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Buchanan, of Gallowgate, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription WE MISS HIM. ON HIM WE COULD DEPEND. HE DID HIS BEST. GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

KRANJI WAR CEMETERY
Singapore
Number of casualties: 4574
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