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Corporal WILLIAMS BUCHANAN

Service Number: 2981622
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 May 1940

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VIOLAINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Agnes Buchanan, of Paisley, Renfrewshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT, THE HELPLESS TO DEFEND, A BRITISH SOLDIER'S NOBLE END
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Buried or commemorated at

VIOLAINES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 33
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