View source for McLaren William Sapper 14213366

{{personnel
|Surname and forenames=McLaren William
|Army number=14213366.
|Rank=Sapper
|Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards
|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained but likely to be 1921/2.
|Age=(At time of death) 23.
|Unit=Enlisted in the General Staff Corps.  Underwent Basic Training at a Primary Training Centre.  Transferred to the Royal Engineers.  Posted to 294th Field Company, Royal Engineers.   Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION 16/4/1945.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
|Task or role=Details awaited.
|Joined Brigade=Not yet known.
|Promotions=None known.
|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known. 
|Died/Killed in action=KILLED in ACTION 16/4/1945.  Initially interred in Westervoort, Holland map reference Sheet 6 1/25,000 781754.  Re-buried on 28/8/1946 in Uden War Demetery, Netherlands, in Grave 2. F. 11.  Headstone inscription reads "WEEP NOT FOR ME NOR PITY TAKE BUT LOVE EACH OTHER FOR MY SAKE. R.I.P."
|Home address=Son of John and Margaret McLaren, of Galashiels, Selkirkshire; husband of Sarah McLaren, of Galashiels.   
}}

Some information on this Page has been extracted from the Commemorative Booklet, prepared by Major Langley, covering the period from D-Day to VE Day in addition to that extracted from the War Diaries.  There are issues around the possible duplication of names which remain to be clarified.