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Sergeant ALEXANDER SIMPSON TAWSE

Service Number: 1825381
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 19 March 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROTHES OLD CHURCHYARD

Grave 697.

United Kingdom

CEM - 00847, NO - 110, Photographed on 10/08/22, weather dry and sunny. No damage or issues with stone. Washed and cleaned. Sapling removed from the back of the headstone.

Photographer: Vincent Stuart

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Jane (Jeanie) McDonald Tawse, of Rothes.
  • Personal Inscription A DEAR SON & BROTHER. WE LITTLE THOUGHT SO SOON IN DEATH HE'D SLEEP LEAVING US TO MOURN
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Buried or commemorated at

ROTHES OLD CHURCHYARD
Moray United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 12
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