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Private WILLIAM ALEXANDER McDONALD

Service Number: 4746
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1916

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. B. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ellen and the late Ewen McDonald, of Tordarroch, West Cults, Aberdeenshire. Native of Inverey, Braemar, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE LAID ON THE ALTAR OF DUTY HIS RICHEST GIFT HIS LIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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