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Flying Officer JAMES WATSON

Service Number: 174282
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

617 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 April 1945

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY

Coll. grave 5. B. 1-5.

Poland

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Rebecca Watson, of West Linton, Peebleshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF OUR DARLING JIMMY
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Buried or commemorated at

POZNAN OLD GARRISON CEMETERY
Poland
Number of casualties: 473
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