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Captain JOHN SHEWELL DOUGLAS

Service Number: 228396
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Parachute Regiment, A.A.C.

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

2. B. 1.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Shewell Douglas and Dorothy Douglas, of Harpenden, Hertfordshire. B.A.
  • Personal Inscription ASSIDUITATE, NON DESIDIA
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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