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Private JOHN BRECKENRIDGE

Service Number: 14709013
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 14 February 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MIERLO WAR CEMETERY

VIII. F. 3.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Breckenridge, of Greenock, Renfrewshire.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON, DEAR SON, YOU SLEEP WITH THE BRAVE IN A FAR OFF LAND IN A HERO'S GRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

MIERLO WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 666
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