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Captain WILLIAM JAMES MAKIN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

War Correspondent

Daily Sketch.

Date of Death

Died 26 August 1944

Age 48 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLENEUVE-ST. GEORGES OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Grave 113.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elsie Makin; husband of Norline Makin, of Kenilworth, Cape Province, South Africa. F.R.G.S., F.R.S.A.
  • Personal Inscription HUSBAND OF NORLINE AND FATHER OF JUDITH, VIRGINIA AND ROGER. IN LOVING MEMORY
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLENEUVE-ST. GEORGES OLD COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Val de Marne France
Number of casualties: 66
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