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Signalman DONALD POTTAS

Service Number: 14414990
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Corps of Signals

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

3. A. 14.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Annie Pottas, of Whitby, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE LEAVES A WHITE UNBROKEN GLORY, A GATHERED RADIANCE, A SHINING PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1005
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