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Private GORDON GEORGE COLE

Service Number: 14434116
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 August 1944

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY

V. E. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Stanley and Helen Christine Cole, of Anfield, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription YOUR PARTING WISH, "KEEP SMILING, MUM" WITH ACHING HEART I TRY
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. DESIR WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 603
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