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Trooper WILLIAM JAMES SLATER

Service Number: 3859158
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps

18th (5th Bn. The Loyal Regt.) Regt.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1945

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY

VII. E. 21.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harold and Esther Slater, of Chorley, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription TILL THAT DAY BREAK AND EARTH'S DARK SHADOWS CEASE, O GOD GRANT US THY PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 1589
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