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Warrant Officer Class Ii JAMES REITH STRACHAN

Service Number: 2874422
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

5th/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died Between 25 October 1942 and 11 November 1942

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

VI. H. 18.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Bella Strachan; husband of Gertrude Strachan, of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE WHO SO LOVED LIFE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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