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Bombardier RICHARD WHITSON

Service Number: 1578493
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1941

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (PORTOBELLO) CEMETERY

Sec. Q. Grave 205.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alexander Whitson and of Marion Whitson (nee Watt), of Niddrie, Edinburgh.
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (PORTOBELLO) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 27
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