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Private SAMUEL JAMES WILSON

Service Number: 14625730
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 July 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES

III. C. 3.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Annie Tait, of Mauchline, Ayrshire.
  • Personal Inscription ASLEEP UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLY AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

LA DELIVRANDE WAR CEMETERY, DOUVRES
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1128
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