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Private WILLIAM JAMES MORTON

Service Number: 16257
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South African Infantry

4th Regt.

Date of Death

Died 13 April 1918

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXVI. F. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service South African
  • Additional Info Son of James Morton, of 15, Knox St., Germiston, South Africa.
  • Personal Inscription FOR FREEDOM & JUSTICE HE HEARD THE CRY FOR HELP FROM HIS MOTHERLAND AND MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS BORN GLASGOW, SCOTLAND 1ST JULY 1894
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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