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Private WILLIAM RAVENSCROFT

Service Number: 30918
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Transvaal Scottish, S.A. Forces

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 January 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

14. E. 3.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of James and Inez Ravenscroft, of Oudtshoorn, Cape Province, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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