| Surname: | McGeachie |
| Initials: | W B |
| Rank: | Staff Sergeant |
| Army Number: | 2977537 |
| Notes: | MPSC. Enlisted in the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, transferred to Kings Own Scottish Borderers, 26/9/41 transferred to MPSC. 11/11/41 died. He was born and resided in Argyll. Name spelt McGeachie in Crozier Roll and Army Roll of Honour and McGeachie on gravestone. 21 Area Pro Coy War Diary, WO 169/15937. 11/11/44 telephone message fro SIB, a truck with 10 soldiers and 2 ATS washed away at Wadi Gaza. Casualties unknown. 14/11/44 SIB advise body washed up at Gaza Lido, believed to be that of S/Sgt McGeachi, 57 MPDB. 16/11/44 telephone message from SIB, body of S/Sgt Drew C found on Gaza Beach and taken to 91 General Hospital. Inscription on gravestone: Remembrance of a darling Husband, Father loving Wife and Daughter, Gatehouse of Fleet, Scotland. Casualty List 1612/2, Palestine, missing, date not reported, shown on CMP List. Casualty List 1626/1, Palestine, previously reported missing now reported died in accident, date not reported, previous list 1612. William Boden McGeachie. |
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| Date of Death: | Nov. 11, 1944 |
| Company: | 57 MILITARY PROVOST DETENTION BKS MPSC |
| CWGC Link: | 2220018 |
| Cemetery: | RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, ISRAEL 🇮🇱 |
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