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Lieutenant JOHN POPHAM ROSS

Service Number: 162567
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1942

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XI. A. 18.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Popham Ross, and of Hannah Ross (nee Cody), of Gidea Park, Essex. His brother, Alexander Gordon, also died on service.
  • Personal Inscription ALL THAT HE HOPED FOR, ALL THAT HE HAD, HE GAVE FOR THE CAUSE OF FREEDOM
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