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Captain DAVID COLVILLE

Service Number: 78234
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Scottish Borderers

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 February 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

9. C. 6.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David and Elizabeth Colville, of Earlston, Berwickshire.
  • Personal Inscription TO HIS GAY & GALLANT SPIRIT. A HAPPINESS WHICH ONCE HAS BEEN IS IMPERISHABLE
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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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