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Sergeant JAMES CECIL VALENTINE COLMER

Service Number: 1187047
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

226 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1941

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY

Plot 85. Row C. Grave 6.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Cecil and Nancy Valentine Colmer.
  • Personal Inscription "HE LEAVES A WHITE UNBROKEN GLORY, A GATHERED RADIANCE"
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Buried or commemorated at

AMSTERDAM NEW EASTERN CEMETERY
Noord-Holland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 324
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