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Gunner DOUGLAS MAKIN

Service Number: 1494225
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

166 Bty., 55 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 24 May 1940

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BALLANGEN NEW CEMETERY

British Plot IV. B. 3.

Norway

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Charles and Annie Makin of Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription HE HAD A NATURE WORTH LOVING A HEART AS GOOD AS GOLD TO US WHO KNEW AND LOVED HIM HIS MEMORY NEVER GROWS OLD
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Buried or commemorated at

BALLANGEN NEW CEMETERY
Norway
Number of casualties: 28
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