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Private JAMES WATTON

Service Number: 14444096
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Seaforth Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1944

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

II. D. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Jeanie Watton, of Castlerock, Co. Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TO-DAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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