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Private JAMES ORMISTON

Service Number: 14210949
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Scots

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1944

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (ROSEBANK) CEMETERY

Sec. C. E. Grave 4.

United Kingdom

now tided up leaves removed and full inscription readable

Photographer: Kenneth Nisbet

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Catherine Ormiston, of Leith, Edinburgh.
  • Personal Inscription A LOVING SMILE AND A HEART OF GOLD ONE OF THE BEST THIS WORLD COULD HOLD
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Buried or commemorated at

EDINBURGH (ROSEBANK) CEMETERY
Edinburgh United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 308
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