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Private W RAFFERTY

Service Number: 240521
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 November 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DEIR EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY

B. 67.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mary Begg Rafferty, of 1, Catherine Place, Anderston, Glasgow, and the late Andrew Rafferty.
  • Personal Inscription TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

DEIR EL BELAH WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 732
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