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Sergeant JAMES DONALDSON

Service Number: 1397543
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

50 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 28 July 1943

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave 20. A. 1-6.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jean Donaldson Blyth; husband of Margaret Donaldson, of Croydon, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription HE TOO LOVED LIFE BUT DARED NOT SAVE HIMSELF LEST THOSE HE LOVED SHOULD PAY THE PRICE
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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