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Rifleman ALEC LESLIE STRACHAN

Service Number: 553229
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (Queen's Westminster Rifles)

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 May 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. D. 35.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Archibald John and Emilie Grace Strachan, of 2, Windermere Rd., Muswell Hill, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

WANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1939
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