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Lance Corporal WILLIAM JAMES ROSS

Service Number: 2875140
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1941

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY

1. B. Coll. grave 42-47.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of A. M. Ross and Elizebeth Ross, of Aberdeen.
  • Personal Inscription FAR AWAY AMID STRANGERS OUR SOLDIER SON SLEEPS 'NEATH A FOREIGN SOD
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Buried or commemorated at

STANLEY MILITARY CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 695
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