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Private J WILL

Service Number: 1507
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY

VIII. E. 28.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Annie Will, of Ellon, Aberdeenshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS NAME IS WRITTEN IN LETTERS OF LOVE IN HEARTS HE LEFT AT HOME
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Buried or commemorated at

CONTAY BRITISH CEMETERY, CONTAY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1133
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